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Black Arts Organizations & End-of-Year Giving

...uminal Theater http://www.luminaltheater.org/support.html National Black Theatre http://www.nationalblacktheatre.org/donate Classical Theatre of Harlem https://cthnyc.kindful.com/ The New Black Fest http://www.thenewblackfest.org/donations Studio Museum Harlem https://www.studiomuseum.org/join–give...
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VIDEO: Weeksville on TheRoot.com

...is doesn’t solve our problems, but it gives us room to breathe and plan for how to come out of this situation as a stronger, more stable institution. That’s the next thing we have to work on. More to come. In the meantime, enjoy the video! Shout outs to TheRoot.com, especially producer and editor Peter Rickards and cinematographer Santiago Garcia for the incredible video...
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Now on The Huffington Post.com: Dash’s Blakroc disses black rock

...three years championing on my blog. The conflation of the two is offensive. There’s too much history there. It’s like he’s acknowledging the existence of black rock with his middle finger. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-fields/dashs-blakroc-disses-blac_b_326420.html Read the full article here. If you’re inclined to share your thoughts on this subject, please do so over at the HuffPo....
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Now On Forbes.com: Culture As Competitive Advantage

...lse is transmitted or carried on.” Culture is the medium through which all communications travels, and it’s what complicates marketers’ efforts. Just as water bends light, culture changes—sometimes slightly, sometimes to a great degree—the direction, impact and meaning of communication. The message can vary greatly depending on who’s sending and who’s receiving. That’s why slang in the wrong hands is cringe-worthy: Even though all of the words may...
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Now on TheRoot.com: "Black Rock Rolls On"

...electro artist Ebony Bones, and innovative DJ and sound sculptor CX Kidtronik, but the main draw is the Black Rock Coalition’s flagship band, Living Colour. It’s a meeting of the trailblazers and the new jacks, all coming together under the flag of black rock. And it’s all happening at a time when black rock is gaining momentum as a cultural force. Check out the full article on TheRoot.com. The photo gallery is here....
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Digital Music Forum: Michael Robertson founder of MP3.com

Michael Robertson, Founder MP3.com Jim Sheridan, Onehouse LLC/Pho Group Talking about his idea for a digital music locker.  His underlying idea: everything digital is moving to a cloud. Downsides of locker: Music is passive How do I get it to all of my devices Amazon music was the nail in the coffin for DRM music from Best Buy or Napster.com Lockersync: Autosyncing.  Anytime you download a song, it gets zapped to your locker.  His device is conne...
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NEA’s first national profile of professional artists

...ans hold primary jobs that fit the census’ definition of artist Combined income was $70 billion, with a median income of $34,800 Percentage of black, Hispanic and Asian artists is bigger among younger ones For those under 35, 80% of the writers are white Women outnumber men only among dancers, designers and writers 60% of professional photographers are men, BUT 60% under 35 are women Number of artists has grown fastest in the West and South, mirro...
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Now on TheRoot.com: Loud and In Living Colour

...r label executive Lisa Cortes, who is also the executive producer of the upcoming film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire “And we need to see possibility that is successful. Possibility that has both indie cred, commercial success and has been internationally accepted. Their entrée into all of those places is so important. They’ve made a really important contribution by speaking to the realization of imagination and possibility.” Read t...
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Time.com’s 50 Best Web sites

Fellow blogger David Berkowitz reached out to me on behalf of Time.com 50 Best Web sites.  Definitely an interesting list.  I say that because I don’t recognize most of the sites.  The one site I use regularly is Imeem (#31), and I just added TinyURL (#8) to my toolbar after seeing it on the list.  I visit UrbanDictionary (#9) only occasionally.  Interesting that MySpace isn’t on the list.  Like Max, I, too, found it noteworthy that Google isn’t,...
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Now on TheRoot.com: Rock is Black Music, Too!

...’t fit this new age. R&B is formulaic and predictable. And hip-hop? In its commercial form—the stuff that hammers us from radio and video outlets—has painted itself and its fans into a corner, boxed in on all sides by what Brown professor Tricia Rose calls the pimp-gangsta-ho triumvirate. Essentially, we’ve let a small group of hip-hop “artists” of limited experiences, education and vision set our cultural agenda. In this age of expanded possibili...
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Research Launching: What’s the Value of Culture To A Marketer?

...f five (5) minutes to complete. You can click here to get started: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CIMO14 If you’re on the frontlines of marketing’s evolution—at an agency, a client-side marketer, consultancy, or retailer, please take the survey by clicking on this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CIMO14 Your answers will be completely anonymous (unless you want to sign up for phone interviews in phase 2, or you want to receive an executive summ...