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NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, the largest digital media company serving Black Americans, has reached a record-breaking number of Black Americans with 7.7 million unique visitors according to Omniture SiteCatalyst, January 2012. This number reflects 22 percent growth since January 2011 and is significantly higher than the company's previous record-breaking month of May 2011 when unique visitors reached 7.2 million. The company's diverse portfolio...
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, the largest digital media company serving Black Americans and a subsidiary of Radio One, announced this week a partnership with Songza, a leading streaming music service, to launch BlackPlanet Radio, the digital industry's first social radio website targeted towards African Americans. BlackPlanetRadio.com allows users to discover new music in a variety of ways, as well as create playlists from a library of more than 14.5...
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One's urban entertainment and pop culture website, TheUrbanDaily.com, introduces "The G-List," a Web feature that profiles influential Black men who have greatly contributed to shaping the urban entertainment and pop culture landscape. Sponsored exclusively by Gillette, the list features a range of philanthropists, artists, entrepreneurs, celebrities and business executives making their mark in their respective industries. (Logo:...
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, LLC, the largest digital media company serving Black Americans, maintains its leadership position in the African American digital space. As measured by comScore, the global source of digital market intelligence and the advertising industry's most preferred measurement service, Interactive One attracted 5.5 million unique visitors in September 2011, its highest total to date. The company also leads competitors in consumer engagement...
NEW YORK, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, LLC, the largest digital media company serving Black Americans, is proud to announce its leadership position in the African American digital space. As measured by comScore, the global source of digital market intelligence and the advertising industry's most preferred measurement service, Interactive One had 4,345,000 unduplicated unique visitors to its suite of sites in May 2011, placing it squarely at the top of the competitive set...
NEW YORK, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HelloBeautiful.com, the definitive lifestyle resource for today's Black woman, will conclude Women's History Month with its "25 Women to Know" feature which honors women making an influential difference in their professional fields and communities. Honorees were selected for their achievements from five categories: humanities, visionaries, innovation, business and culture. The 25 women range in age, background and profession, yet all...
NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, LLC the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROIAK and ROIA), the largest African American multimedia company, today announced that former co-founder of GlobalGrind.com, Navarrow Wright, has joined Interactive One as its Chief Technology Officer. Wright will be responsible for leading the technology, site architecture and IT strategies, to ensure Interactive One provides its...
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, LLC the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROIAK and ROIA), the largest African American multimedia company, today announced the winners of the HelloBeautiful/WEEN contest. HelloBeautiful.com is one of the portfolio of sites created by Interactive One and is one of the fastest growing sites online for African American women. HelloBeautiful.com and WEEN partnered to create an...
NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive One, LLC, the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc., and the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP), a nonprofit advancing the social, political and economic interests of minorities and women, today announced the completion of their inaugural Digital Summit in New York City on July 21, 2010. The event drew nearly 200 professionals from various sectors, including digital media, advertising, marketing and...
NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interactive One, LLC, the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROIAK and ROIA), the largest African American multimedia company, today announced that it has partnered with the Council of Urban Professionals ("CUP"), a nonprofit that advances the social, political and economic interests of minorities and women, to host the inaugural Digital Summit in New York City on July 21st. Additionally, the...
