BET
BET signs three-year partnership with Urbanworld Film Festival
BET Networks has announced a three-year strategic partnership to present the Urbanworld Film Festival. The unique partnership, bolstered by BET's position as the leading media and entertainment provider for African Americans and consumers of black culture, will further establish the festival, now in its 12th year, as one of the world's largest competitive film festivals designed to redefine and enhance the roles of multicultural constituents in contemporary cinema.
CBS
CBS Launches College Sports Ad Network
CBS is launching an online ad network focused on college sports, in a move to entice media buyers to spend more money with the broadcaster by offering them a way to effectively target young, male fans. The new CBS College Sports Media covers sites reaching 10 million visitors.
Redstone: CBS, Viacom Won't Be Reunited
CBS chairman Sumner Redstone says that the company never will be reunited with sibling Viacom, which he also controls. A renewed combination will "absolutely not happen" despite a recent report suggesting that Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman is pushing for it sometime in the future.
FOX
American Idol Fans Break Text Messaging Record
American Idol fans broke text messaging records with AT&T (NYSE: T) by generating more than 78 million messages this season. AT&T announced the record this week, saying text messaging continued to play a significant role in viewers' interactive experiences during the show's seventh season.
MySpace Boosted by News Corp, CEO Says
MySpace's unique users have jumped from 22 million to 120 million since it was acquired by Rupert Murdoch, says CEO Chris DeWolfe. MySpace has become "less of a niche site." Also: "We see the Web becoming more mashed up, where MySpace could live on eBay, on Yahoo."
News Corp's 'Idol'-Fueled Fox Ranks No. 1
News Corp.'s Fox, the U.S. television network with the top-rated "American Idol," says it finished the season with the largest prime-time audience for the first time, surpassing five-year champion CBS. Fox's "Idol" finale Thursday night won 31.7 million viewers, up 2.9% from a year ago.
News Corp Rumored to Eye Video Game Site
News Corp. is said to be interested in acquiring Newsgrounds.com, an online video game company, through its IGN division. The
MTV
MTV Networks to Boost Argentine Operations
As part of its regionalization strategy, MTV Networks Latin America is expanding its operations in
Stars Align For MTV Movie Awards
MTV this week announced a bevy of A-list
UNIVISION
At Univision, the Signal's Still a Little Unclear
It's been apparent to observers for some time that Univision Communications Inc., due to the debt load assumed in its $12.3 billion sale to Broadcast Partners, a consortium of private investors, would face some challenging times. Even after a flurry of recent activity, the picture is no clearer.
Grupo Televisa Statement Regarding Univision Video-On-Demand Offering
In response to inquiries regarding Univision's video-on-demand programming offering announced on May 19, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. ("Televisa"; NYSE: TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) today stated that Televisa's program license agreement with Univision does not confer upon Univision any video on-demand rights with respect to Televisa's content including its prime time telenovelas, series, shows or any other Televisa programming nor to Mexican Soccer League matches licensed by Televisa to Univision.
AFRICA
Batswana would soon have confidence and peace of mind when using condoms as Botswana Bureau of Standards(BOBS) has finally drafted a standard for condoms. The draft standard which is called Natural latex rubber condoms ISO 4074:2002 is said to be an international standard for condoms.
Business Council Strengthens HIV/Aids Response
THE Zimbabwe Business Council plans to create provincial steering committees with members from the business community to strengthen the response of the private sector to HIV/AIDS, ZBC Executive Director David Mutambara said earlier this week.
Japan PM pledges $560 million to fight diseases in Africa
Nigeria: HIV-Positive Army Personnel Get Micro-Credit Facility
Nigeria Army yesterday in
SOUTH AFRICA: Sex education - the ugly stepchild in teacher
It's almost noon in Zola, one of the rougher neighbourhoods in
ASIA
AFMC to conduct workshop on HIV-AIDS
Armed Forces Medical College, Pune will conduct a four day workshop on HIV/ AIDS counseling from May 26- 29 May in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management of US Pacific Command. The workshop will be inaugurated by Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj SM, GOC in C, HQ Southern Command on May 26.
Condom-Themed Restaurants In Thailand
Cabbages and Condoms is a chain of restaurants in
CARIBBEAN & LATIN AMERICA
AIDS Stigma Barrier to Progress
Human Rights Desk operating at HIV Network
The Health Hope and HIV Network is reminding the public that a Human Rights Desk is now in existence. In a press statement released yesterday, the organisation noted the desk was set up to respond to human rights violations against people living with HIV and AIDS in Antigua and Barbuda.
Jamaica PM says no to room for gays in his Cabinet
"A Prime Minister must decide what he feels would represent to the Jamaican people, a Cabinet of ministers who would be able to discharge their functions without fear, without favour and without intimidation. That's a choice that I had and I made that choice," Golding said on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 'Hard Talk' television programme aired on Tuesday. "
Minister welcomes free health care to Nevis
New report reviews health-related Millennium Development Goals for the Caribbean
Rihanna Set To Make Acting Debut
After two extremely successful albums, the launch of her own set of umbrellas (of course based off of her hit single), Rihanna will try her hand at acting. In recent months, Rihanna has been extremely busy. In February, the singer named the cultural ambassador for the
Social issues to be given prominence at national forum in Dominica
US to allow Americans to send cellphones to Cuba
What is the European Union/Latin American and the Caribbean ...
The question is asked because I suspect that too few Jamaicans really understand the nature of the relationship between the two regions so geographically distant from each other. Last week's column was at the fifth European Union-Latin American and the Caribbean (EU-LAC) summit held in the city of
EUROPE
A 700-person survey conducted by Eczacıbaşı Girişim Pazarlama and the Method Research Company found that, of the 100 million people worldwide who have sexual intercourse each day, 15 million of them will be infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It concluded that, today, more than 65 million people live with STDs, and thousands of new people are infected each year as a result of unprotected intercourse.
U.S. Media Beating Europe in Online Deals
Traditional media companies in Europe should buy more online properties because acquisition-hungry
ADVERTISING NEWS
Mobile Advertising Years Away From Breaking Through
Mobile phone advertising is still years away from any breakthroughs, though its eventual adoption is inevitable, ad executives said Tuesday. Speaking at the Reuters Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit, Publicis Groupe Chairman and CEO Maurice Levy told the audience "It will be slow, it will take time but it will be there," he said, because mobile phone advertising is "in the interest of the phone companies, consumers and advertisers. So it will be very difficult to resist."
More Ad Firms Outsourcing Digital Ad Production
As oil prices rise and the economy slumps further, more and more marketers are looking overseas for cheaper, and sometimes smaller, production houses to create their Web ads. One beneficiary of the trend has been San Jose, Costa Rica-based avVenta Worldwide, which does behind-the-scenes production on Web ads.
HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL HEALTH NEWS
$50 Billion Needed for Global AIDS Control
As Congress considers the renewal of PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the successful US global AIDS program, over the coming weeks, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) President Michael Weinstein offers the following commentary regarding what is needed in the global fight against HIV/AIDS:
Banyan Tree Project Fights Against HIV/AIDS Stigma
Two days before the fourth annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, on May 17, the A&PI Wellness Center presented “You Can Change the Story,” a program from The Banyan Tree, open to the public. The Banyan Tree Project is helping put an end to HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in the A&PI community. National A&PI Awareness Day sprung from the Project, which is funded by the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Formulas for estimating the costs averted by sexually transmitted infection prevention programs
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programs can mitigate the health and economic burden of STIs. A tool to estimate the economic benefits of STI programs could prove useful to STI program personnel. The formulas developed in this study can be a useful tool for STI program personnel to generate evidence-based estimates of the economic impact of their program and can facilitate the assessment of the cost-effectiveness of their activities.
National Education Summit to Tackle African-American HIV/STD Crisis
Black state board of education leaders from across the nation will meet to strategize about ways in which public schools can help address the HIV and STD crises among African-Americans and to highlight the clear link between risky sexual behaviors and academic performance on May 28-30, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Senate urged to adopt sex-ed bill
"We have great expectations that this will be the year that they pass the bill and provide resources for real sex-education in New York State," said Susan Pedo, a spokeswoman for Family Planning Advocates, the lobbying arm for Planned Parenthood in the state.
MOBILE NEWS
Insiders See Text Messaging As BFF
At the Summit yesterday, the attendees largely agreed that text messaging has a robust future. But most left no doubt they believe email will continue to be the principal form of communication over the near and long-term future, and fertile ground for email marketers. -
MULTI CULTURAL NEWS
Black Leadership Forum critical of plans for Google, Yahoo ad partnership
An online advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. is facing opposition from consumer and civic groups that didn't wait for an official deal announcement to voice their discontent.
Eleven new African-American research studies to be unveiled at MAAX Summit
New data and trends covering the $744 billion black consumer market will be presented by eleven of the nation's leading research companies at the Ninth Annual Marketing to African Americans with Excellence (MAAX) Summit in Chicago, June 30th - July 1st.
Howard University, 4A's join forces to increase diversity in ad industry
Nancy Hill, president and CEO, American Association of Advertising Agencies, have announced a new partnership with Howard University's John H. Johnson School of Communications to establish a comprehensive center to address challenges, eliminate barriers and identify opportunities to achieve a more diverse and inclusive advertising industry workforce at middle to senior management levels.
Race-Themed Newspaper Magazine To Launch
As America becomes more multicultural, a weekly magazine with race-related content is set to launch June 22 and be distributed in the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers. Called "RiseUp," the publication will initially have a circulation of 4 million and be driven by national ads.
Still searching for the Promised Land
Starting in April and going through October of each year, more than 300,000 LGBTQ people of African descent rev up for a weekend of social and cultural events. Just last year, more than 350,000 attended Black Gay Pride throughout the U.S., with the largest events held in Washington, D.C., events Los Angeles and Atlanta, and smaller Black Pride events like the one in Boston cultural heritage. providing an equally important sense of identity and
PHILANTHROPY
Last month's annual meeting of the Global Philanthropy Forum brought together a few hundred philanthropists to talk about global issues like extreme poverty and human rights abuses. The forum helps the new rich understand the added value of philanthropy.
New England Blacks In Philanthropy To Host Conference
Amid the drama of local and national economic turmoil, New England Blacks in Philanthropy (NEBIP) will host the 2008 New England conference, "Black Philanthropy - Building Stronger Communities," in Boston. The conference will be June 22-24, at John Hancock Hall, with the purpose of examining, encouraging and promoting Black philanthropy as a means of economic empowerment and civic engagement.
SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS
A Social Network On Your Phone
Big phone carriers seem to be itching to get a ride on consumers' enthusiasm for social networks. Last week, both Comcast (nasdaq: CMCSA - news - people ) and Vodaphone scooped up address book services. Those deals could lay the groundwork for their own mobile social networks.
Beyond Blogs: What's Social Media Worth?
Megablogs with paid staffs, such as Michael Arrington's TechCrunch, have become titans, according to BusinessWeek's cover story on blogs. Some blogs "now wield more power than large metro dailies." But what is all the attention worth? "Valuation is a hot question in social media."
How to Use Social Media for Social Change
Instead of watching Twitter's ups and downs, we the members of the tech community could be using our social media super-powers to make a real difference in the world. We know how to spread news fast, share images and videos, organize our friends, and empower others all by using the same social media tools that we use in our every day lives. Isn't it time we put them to use towards a good cause? Below are some great examples as to how that can be done.
PBS, Social News Site Unveil TV Show
The Hollywood Reporter
PBS and social news aggregator Reddit--a Conde Nast-owned version of Digg--are launching a weekly TV program called "yourweek." Material for the show will come from top-rated stories on the Reddit front page. Hosts will be New Republic's Michelle Cottle and the National Review's Rich Lowry.
Social Networks, Political Weapons
The Current Discussion: Egypt has detained a number of its citizens for using the social networking site Facebook to organize anti-government protests. What online sites are most effective in influencing politics -- and is the impact positive?
OTHER NEWS
Facebook Books Set to 'Face Off' in Battle
Doubleday will publish a book about Facebook, competing with a similar title from Simon & Schuster. Doubleday's "Face Off," by "Bringing Down the House" author Ben Mezrich, will battle with Simon & Schuster's "The Facebook Effect," by Fortune magazine writer David Kirkpatri
Google: The 'Ultimate Enemy' of Journalism
The advertising revenues of U.S. newspapers and magazines appear to have been "effectively annexed" by Google. "The notion that the cost of newsgathering might be supported by the revenue-sharing of a Google search box is idiotic," says Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett.
Google's Page Pushes TV 'White Space' Plan
Google co-founder Larry Page is in Washington to promote the company's proposal for new wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves. Page downplays opposition from broadcasters who fear possible interference: "The debate's really been politicized."
HBO Hires Frank Rich To Develop New Projects
"New York Times" op-ed columnist Frank Rich is being tapped as a creative consultant for HBO to provide new ideas and help develop projects. The idea to hire Rich arose after the cable channel crafted a new executive structure last year. "Frank brings us a remarkable set of perspectives, in the creative voices he [knows] and in his instincts and judgments," says HBO head Richard Plepler. Rich will continue to pen his weekly Times column on politics and public affairs, but won't write about HBO or Time Warner.
Macedonia: Use of New Media in Election Campaign
Authors of the Macedonian media blog Komunikacii.net, analyzed (MKD) the “unprecedented” use of the internet and the new media by the leading political parties in the campaign for the early parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 1, 2008.
Media: Respect For Unwired Consumers
Talk of a "digital divide" usually centers around rich vs. poor, or urban connected vs. rural off the grid. But many mainstream occupations, lifestyles and preferences enable valuable consumers to be unwired. Ad agency blogger Dan Goldgeier reminds himself and his media peers that "the same things we find so engaging about new technologies are the things others find so constricting--complexity, cost, incessancy, and the feeling of enslavement."
Professor to Explore LGBT Suicide Risk
It is widely known that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth face discrimination, but less is known about the factors that make them twice as likely to attempt suicide. University of Arizona professor Stephen T. Russell is determined to find out using a study that gathered information about students from their teenage years through young adulthood.
Reporter Blogs Offer Connections, Not News
Studies show that blogs by news reporters are one of the most common interactive features on the Web sites of top newspaper and magazines. About 95% of large newspapers offer them. Such blogs are mainly a way for reporters to connect with their readers and check up on the competition, not break news. Less than 4% of U.S. adults, however, regard blogs by news reporters as a news sources, say eMarketer researchers.
Reporters opine on new media's impact
The majority of reporters in the political, lifestyle, tech, healthcare, and travel beats responded that blogs and social media positively impact editorial direction and diversity of reporting, but have a negative impact on quality and accuracy. In addition, 77% of political reporters and 53% of lifestyle reporters said social media had a negative impact on tone.
Time Warner to Focus on AOL, Magazine Biz
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes is pleasing shareholders by spinning off the cable business. What's next? An update on AOL's dialup business is reportedly coming. Also, the struggling Time Inc. is said to need to shut down unprofitable magazines and cut its workforce.
| Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Videos Viewed | ||
| Property | Videos (000) | Share (%) of Videos |
| Total Internet | 11,476,886 | 100.0 |
| Google Sites | 4,358,306 | 38.0 |
| Fox Interactive Media | 477,621 | 4.2 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 328,087 | 2.9 |
| Viacom Digital | 249,285 | 2.2 |
| Microsoft Sites | 245,453 | 2.1 |
| Time Warner - Excl. AOL | 159,009 | 1.4 |
| Disney Online | 108,055 | 0.9 |
| ABC.COM | 100,051 | 0.9 |
| AOL LLC | 100,044 | 0.9 |
| ESPN | 89,760 | 0.8 |
| Source: comScore Video Metrix, May 2008 Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video. | ||
Yahoo! Finance Tops Financial News Destinations
| Top 10 Online Financial News and Information Destinations | ||
| Brand or Channel | Unique Audience (000) | Active Reach (%) |
| Yahoo! Finance | 10,824 | 7.61 |
| MSN Money | 7,272 | 5.11 |
| AOL Money & Finance | 6,348 | 4.46 |
| CNNMoney | 3,820 | 2.69 |
| Wall Street Journal Digital | 3,736 | 2.63 |
| Reuters | 3,126 | 2.2 |
| Forbes.com | 2,316 | 1.63 |
| Bloomberg.com | 1,595 | 1.12 |
| TheStreet.com | 1,488 | 1.05 |
| Motley Fool | 1,368 | 0.96 |
| Source: Nielsen Online, NetView | ||
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