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Urban Media Mix: 7.16.10

 
‘Oprah Winfrey Show’ hits all-time ratings low
“The Oprah Winfrey Show” sunk to an all-time low in the most recent ratings report, falling below the 3.0 mark for the first time in the show’s history. The syndicated program averaged 3.8 million viewers for the week of June 28. (The Hollywood Reporter)
NeNe Leakes Reporting for Atlanta [...]

Urban Media Mix: 4.13.10

2010 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism
The New York Times breaks down the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes winners in journalism. Winners  were announced on Monday.  (NYT)
2 Black Editors Celebrate Pulitzer Day
“With that, word spread instantly: Daily News reporters Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman were named winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for the ‘Tainted Justice’ series, [...]

Urban Media Mix: 4.9.10

Winfrey Unveils Interview Show in Presenting Her Channel to Advertisers
Oprah Winfrey pitched OWN, her forthcoming cable channel, to advertisers in New York on Thursday, and said she would host a prime-time interview show on it called “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” (NYT)
Selling Minority Students on a Career in Marketing
MADISON AVENUE likes to talk about reaching consumers when [...]

Urban Media Mix: 4.6.10

Bloggers Discuss Race and the Census 
 Last week, CNN hosted an interesting, if brief, discussion of race and the census with three bloggers who deal with race in their work: Raquel Cepeda, a filmmaker and native New Yorker “by way of the Dominican Republic” who blogs at djali rancher; Baratunde Thurston, a comedian who brings “a [...]

Urban Media Mix: 1.13.10

Wyclef Jean Speaks About Deadly Quake in Haiti  Musician, producer and activist Wyclef Jean has been a humanitarian working tirelessly to provide assistance to his struggling homeland of Haiti. In 2005, Jean created the Yele Haiti Foundation, a non-political organization that helps empower Haitians through education, nutrition and business development. Haiti is the poorest country [...]