BET
'Boondocks' creator Aaron McGruder to BET: %@*$% ^ & !
The battle between "The Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder and Black Entertainment Television is about to get a lot more animated. Two second-season episodes of the biting cartoon series that attack the black-themed network but were never aired -- possibly because of corporate pressure -- are slated for DVD release Tuesday. The pair of shows take aim at BET's top executives and lampoon what it views as the cable network's harmful negative imagery and stereotypes that work as a "destructive" force within African American culture.
CBS
CBS + Joost: What's Up in That Marriage?
Ad Age reports that CBS this week will unveil a next-generation video player on its site, built on technology CBS bought through Last.fm. The story quotes CBS's interactive TV chief Quincy Smith saying, "You need a core tech team in-house that builds this stuff." Which certainly makes it sound like CBS isn't so keen on relying on partner Joost.
CBS to Let Fans Embed Videos on Outside Sites
CBS plans to upgrade the video player found on CBS.com and the CBS Audience Network, adding additional viewing options and functionality. Among the new features will be the ability to embed clips on outside Web sites, true HD picture quality and full-screen viewing.
CBS Turns to YouTube Star to Win Young Males
Kevin Ferguson, known as Kimbo Slice, became a Web sensation after he posted video clips of his bare-knuckle fights on YouTube.
Solid debut for CBS's new 'Password'
Among total viewers, especially those ages 50 and older, CBS’s new game show “Million Dollar Password” is a big hit. Among adults 18-49, not so much.
FOX
News Corp Buys More European Media Assets
Rupert Murdoch's global media giant is purchasing European properties at a steady clip. In January, News Corp. bought a 14.6% stake in German Pay-TV operator Premiere, which it increased to 20% in February. Now, News Corp. is taking control of Latvian broadcaster TV Riga.
MTV
Former MTV Networks Pres: Hire me!
When not sifting through YouTube for the latest reason to send take-down notices, Viacom employees have been spending time watching one YouTube video of former MTV Networks President Michael Wolf pitching for a new job. Wolf resigned in Jan. 2007 during a management shake-up.
UNIVISION
Mexican Deal for Univision’s Desperate Housewives
Amas de Casa Desesperadas was produced in
Distributors can expect a letter from Univision Communications this week declaring its intent to negotiate retransmission-consent deals for its TV stations. How much compensation the Spanish-language media giant will get will become apparent during negotiations in the weeks and months ahead. But Univision executives will be pushing hard for the stations that carry the top-ranked Spanish-language service and its broadcast sibling Telefutura, as part of a far-reaching distribution pact.
VIACOM
Celebrities issue plea to Viacom's Friklas, Spander, Shapiro and Cheeks
Two of the country's leading lights of comedy, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, issued a statement today urging Viacom's Michael Friklas, MTV's Andra Shapiro and George Cheeks, and Comedy Central's Deborah Spander to begin discussions on the establishment of minimal but basic ethical guidelines for the new generation of comedy prank shows
AFRICA
Elections 2.0: New media and democracy
The internet has a critical role to play in democracies. Likewise, it will play an important role in the country’s upcoming national elections. This is now being recognised by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which for the first time had “new media” on the agenda at its national media conference in
Fear and Loathing HIV in South Africa
In the midst of an epidemic, surely you would want to know whether you carry the virus responsible for spreading the disease. Or would you? If the illness were lurking at the intersection of sex and death, perhaps you'd reconsider. If you risked ostracism from your family and community, maybe you'd think again.
From taboo to acceptance, when ads change attitude
Many conservative parents were sent squirming in their seats when Trust condoms’ advertisements featuring youthful characters brimming with raw passion and jingles like “sasa sema nami…” or “let’s talk about sex baby, let’s talk about you and me…” hit television screens at prime time. Today, talking about condoms is no longer taboo and PSI advertisements have over the years been successful in getting people to appreciate the dangers of unprotected sex.
Japan in on African development
A record 2,500 delegates finished a three-day conference on African development today in
A mobile television technology that enables digitally broadcast audio-visual content to be received on mobile telephones, laptops, digital cameras and personal media players (PMPs) has been launched in the country.
New HIV Infections Drop in Sub-Saharan Africa
AROUND the world, more than 6,800 people become infected with HIV every day, and more than 5,700 die from AIDS daily mostly because of inadequate access to HIV prevention and treatment services
Rwanda Strives to Become High Technology Hub for Africa
The Rwandan government wants to use advanced information communication technologies, or ICTs, to transform its traditionally agricultural society into what has been dubbed "the Singapore of Africa". Pilot projects to hook schools and clinics up to the internet are already underway, and there is a growing number of telecenters that enable rural people to access the Internet.
Uganda shuns gays in anti-HIV drive
"Gays are one of the drivers of HIV in
World Economic Forum on Africa Opens Wednesday in Cape Town
The World Economic Forum on Africa opens Wednesday in
Zimbabwe: Vabati Vajehovah to Take Part in HIV, Aids Workshop
AWARD-WINNING gospel acapella outfit Vabati VaJehovah will take part in the second edition of the HIV and Aids Exposition to be held in the capital next month. The rare exposition, which runs from July 16 to 19, is a brainchild of Tibatane/Sibambane Consultancy, a local non-governmental organisation.
ASIA
BILT Conferred TERI Corporate Award for Business Response to HIV/AIDS
Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT),
Global Media Forum: New Media in Asia
Media urged to step up HIV/AIDS reporting
The media needs to increase reporting and allocate more airtime on HIV/AIDS issues, delegates at a media seminar on HIV/AIDS were told. David Astley, ABU Secretary-General said: "Fighting HIV/AIDS is an enormous challenge but media has the power to meet that challenge." "By increasing coverage on the issue - stigma, discrimination and prejudices surrounding people living with HIV can be reduced," he added.
Mumbai public hospitals make HIV test mandatory
It has almost become the norm in Mumbai's public hospitals that the patients going in for surgery are made to undergo an HIV test. But few know that this is a violation of guidelines laid down by the National Aids Control Organisation.
Sandhya Mayekar went to Mumbai's KEM municipal hospital for an ear surgery. But to her surprise, the hospital asked her to take an HIV test.
Women: Men must be encouraged to practise safe sex too
Women’s groups have come out in support of the Health Ministry for promoting the use of condoms to combat HIV, but say practising safe sex is the responsibility of both men and women.
CARIBBEAN & LATIN AMERICA
Seeking to put to rest speculation surrounding his “tragic an untimely death”, the AIDS Foundation said Monday that Solomon Wellingon Adderley was a passionate advocate in the fight against stigma and discrimination directed at people living with AIDS and HIV.
BEST ON TUESDAYS: HIV/AIDS challenge
THE DEBATE LAST WEEK in the House of Assembly, of the National Strategic Plan for HIV Prevention and Control 2008-2013 and the Barbados National HIV Policy – A Framework For Action provided parliamentarians with an opportunity to be outspoken on the sexual challenges facing our nation. But what was most evident was that whatever might be the Governmental policies proposed, their success depends more on the choices of our people and less on laws and statues.
comScore Releases Top Latin America Web Rankings for April 2008
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of Internet usage in Latin America, a region that is home to nearly 62 million of the 850 million worldwide Internet users (age 15 and older at home and work locations), as measured by the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.
HIV business coalition to home in on insurance
Governor was keen to include insurance companies in what he described as “the highly successful partnership” that had already been forged with the local business community to respond to the HIV/AIDS challenge. Cummings said that GHARP had been successful in securing the services of local insurance brokers Abdool and Abdool, one of its partners, to explore ways of realizing a more liberal local insurance cover regime for PLWHA’s.
Homophobia: a setback to the HIV fight
Often it is a glance or a whisper that creates an uneasy feeling. Sometimes it is something more blatant like a foul remark that underscores the thorny, cutting reality of homophobia in
Nationwide initiative to fight HIV/AIDS among Caribbean American ...
June 8, 2008, is the 3rd annual National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Due to this day falling on a weekend we will commence a week long celebration around this day. During this week, Caribbean People International Collective (CPIC) pledges to continue working toward reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean-American communities in the
New regional HIV testing initiative announced
The Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP) and Scotiabank in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Health has announced a new regional HIV testing pilot programme that will culminate with on-site HIV testing local branches of Scotiabank on 27 June.
Protecting us all from HIV/AIDS
IT could not be missed that Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy has been disappointed that more hotels in
The unanimous support in the House of Assembly on the Government's National Strategic Plan for HIV Prevention and Control 2008-13 and the Barbados National HIV Policy – A Framework For Action on Tuesday was a demonstration of such.
EUROPE
Young Men: Sexuality and Sex Education
Health promotion and prevention in the area of sexual and reproductive health is mainly directed towards youth in order to provide them in time with the appropriate knowledge and behaviour patterns to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted parenthood.
ADVERTISING NEWS
The best estimates about billboard viewership typically come from foot traffic counts or highway reports that tally how many people pass by. A new generation of billboards is more accurate. They have tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by, including gender, age and how long they looked at the outdoor ad. A central database collects the information.
Getting Visual With AdWords Performance Reports
Excluding campaigns from Google and Yahoo's search networks may seem like a way to avoid click fraud or otherwise worthless clicks, but as Michael McVeigh notes, as much as half of all paid search traffic stems from visits to these partner sites. Keeping them out of a campaign mix may mean missing out on some high quality traffic too, but the trick is to manage your inclusions for optimum performance.
'Piggybacking' Riles Big Search Spenders
The controversial practice of using a rival's trademark on Google.com to drive traffic to your site is once again coming under the microscope. So-called "piggybacking", in which smaller advertisers use another company's trademarked terms in their text ads to drive traffic to their sites, is on the rise, and while Google and others have policies against the tactic, disgruntled marketers say the practice often goes unchecked.
Study: Ads in Multiple Media Boost Intent to Buy
Consumers' intent to buy products escalates when they see an ad on TV and in other media compared to seeing ads on TV alone, per market research firm Advertiser Perceptions. Respondents in a April study of 25,000 consumers expressed a greater intention to buy consumer electronics, apparel, automobiles, beer and toiletries if they were exposed to a combination of media than if they were exposed to only one medium.
Study: Traditional Media to Lose Ads to Internet
U.S. Internet advertising will continue to "grow fast" in the face of an economic downturn, says a forecast by analyst firm IDC. The transfer of marketing budgets from traditional to new media will accelerate, with the Internet surpassing newspapers and television "in just five years."
HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL HEALTH NEWS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS JOIN CDC TO TACKLE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
An actor pledges to use his name recognition to fight a public health crisis. A pastor promises to weave in a message of prevention with the Word. A journalist commits to increasing coverage of an epidemic, and a musician writes lyrics to help save lives.
AIDS Education Month begins by saluting effort to solve prison condom problem
For three months last year, Teresa Sullivan was incarcerated at Riverside Correctional Facility, a women's prison on
When I was a youngster just starting to go out to pubs, there were two certainties: one was you'd hear 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' played 43 times in whatever venue you were grooving at, the other was that you'd absolutely, positively, no-friggin'-doubt-about-it have a condom in your pocket.
Durex offer exclusive discount for LGF Online users
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation have joined forces with Durex, the world’s number one condom brand, to offer even more reasons to play safe, and have a lot of fun at the same time. The condom company are now providing exclusive online discounts for LGF website users, on all their products. So now, if you buy from Durex’s online shop, you can claim a 10% discount on a huge range of products including: condoms; lubes; vibrators; merchandise; the Play range of products; and other special offers.
Foundation sees link between dull ads and rise in Utah HIV rate
The Utah AIDS Foundation used to pass out beer coasters with pictures of condoms and messages such as "Thank you and come again." But its latest federally funded HIV-prevention messages have been blander. One ad now in weekly newspapers shows a haggard man in women's clothing smoking a cigarette, with the line "STDS are a total drag," and urges readers to get tested. Meanwhile,
HIV treatment access improves, but coverage low
As of the end of 2007, close to 3 million HIV-infected individuals in low- and middle-income nations had access to antiretroviral drug therapy (ART), representing an increase of nearly 950,000 people who received ART last year.
Nearly 3 Million AIDS Sufferers Receiving Treatment
A new report finds nearly three million HIV-positive people in low and middle-income countries now are receiving life-saving anti-retroviral treatment. While praising this accomplishment, the World Health Organization says millions of people still lack access to prevention and treatment. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO headquarters in
Program decreases recurrent STDs in teens
Sexual Awareness for Everyone, or the SAFE, program has shown promise in curbing recurrent bouts of common sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk teenage girls, researchers report. They found that a group of 14- to 18-year-old Mexican-American and African-American girls who participated in the SAFE program were less apt to engage in risky sexual behavior and had a statistically lower incidence of recurrent gonorrhea and Chlamydia infection in the first 6 months and over time, compared with teenage girls in a control group.
Sex diseases rises among State's 10 to 14 year olds
MORE than 170
Sexual Risk Taking Among Young Internet-Using Men Who Have Sex with Men
Objectives. We examined the characteristics of young Internet- using men who have sex with men (MSM) and risks associated with seeking sex online, offline, or through both strategies. Methods. Data were obtained from MSM aged 18 to 24 years who completed a 45- minute online survey regarding sex and Internet use in the preceding 3 months.
What Is a Woman Worth? The Feminization of AIDS
HIV infections among women and girls have risen in every part of the world in recent years. The numbers point to a fundamental and startling reality - the HIV/AIDS pandemic is inextricably linked to the brutal effects of sexism and gender inequality, most pronounced in
MOBILE NEWS
Mobile Marketing Campaign Aims To Push 'Indiana Jones'
"About 15% of the people who bought the DVD since the promotion began have tried to download a ringtone," says Brian Hong, director of wireless marketing at THQ, adding that giving away free stuff provides a way to cross-sell mobile phone casual games. -
AOL's BlackVoices.com celebrates Black Music Month with new video site
BlackVoices.com, considered the leading destination for African-American news, culture and community, has debuted its celebration of Black Music Month. The special section will run throughout June, highlighting black music and the influence African-American artists have had on all music genres.
Black bloggers fight to make voices heard
With its power-to-the-individual approach, the new media world promises anyone with a laptop the possibility of a publishing empire. But, as some black bloggers are finding out, the new media world is a lot like the old one: racially segregated, with many prominent black voices still fighting to be heard.
Latin American Social Network Sonico Raises $4.3 Million
Back in February 
as “the biggest social networking site you’ve probably never heard of”. At the time, Sonico had raised to an Alex rank of 167 after just 6 months in operation. And with over 8 million users, it was also a top 50 site in several Latin American countries including
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health
Outstanding researchers like the ones whose works are highlighted in this edition of the Journal are admirably addressing a range of public health issues that affect the LGBT community, including smoking, violence, chronic disease, tuberculosis, and access to care. The emphasis of much of the published work, however, continues to be on HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. While this work is essential, so is the need to increase the range of the subject matter.
Prison and Healthcare Crisis Limits Opportunities for People of Color
Legal scholars, health-care advocates and public officials participating in the Freedom's Voice Conference in April depicted a health and prison crisis that is limiting opportunities for people of color and devastating our communities.
Hitmaker Contest Celebrating Black Music Month
Musicians who enter the contest will get a chance to be one of 12 artists featured on the Pride 360 Degree CD. KFC will also team with music industry veteran Bryant Reid, president and CEO of B Street Entertainment, producer of B Street Live, and former vice president of A&R for LaFace Records and Atlantic Records, to pick one grand prize winner who will receive a home recording studio.
PHILANTHROPY
Cause-Focused Social Network, YourCause.com, Announces Partnership ...
Charity fundraising has evolved over the years beyond the traditional bake sale. Today, YourCause.com announced the launch of its e-commerce initiative, powered by a partnership with Zazzle, the only on-demand retail platform to offer billions of products that ship in 24 hours. Through the relationship, YourCause.com members can create custom merchandise on-demand to promote and raise funds for their personal causes. A portion of the proceeds will go to the YourCause.com Daily Donation program.
Stephen Lewis Hosts African Experts in Toronto
In response to an urgent appeal from the Panzi hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for support with trauma counselling and HIV testing for survivors of sexual violence, the Stephen Lewis Foundation will provide additional funding and seek support from African sexual violence experts to help strengthen the capacity of the hospital.
SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS
Buzznet Launches Social Network for Celeb News
Buzznet, the social network whose CEO once said that he would like to build "the next Viacom," is launching a sister site: Celebuzz.com, a community for enthusiasts of celebrity news. Celebrity gossip fans are said to use "more than one source to get the same exact story."
Eating disorders rampant on social networking sites
Like many young women, Sarrtje has a Facebook account. In fact, she has two. The first is the one where her friends visit to see what the 22-year-old
Facebook Disconnects From Google in Social Deal
Facebook is withdrawing its support for Google's Friend Connect, meaning that none of the social network's millions of members can sign in to Web sites using Google's new service. The standoff suggests that exactly how people will share information across the Web remains uncertain.
Facebook Lures 80,000 'Sex and the City' Fans
As of early Sunday, 80,000 people signed up on Facebook as a fan of "Sex and the City," the weekend's unexpected No. 1 film in
myGPlife.com, A New Social Networking Site, Aims to Bring Purity ...
myGPlife.com, is an environment designed to encourage, inspire and celebrate the lifestyle of individuals and organizations that are committed to celibacy until marriage. The site will give like-minded, abstinence-friendly people a chance to network and support each other.
Social Networking At A Crossroads
Social networking is at a huge crossroads, said Read Write Web's Bernard Lunn. Sites like Facebook and MySpace will either become gigantic Internets unto themselves (the so-called walled garden approach) or they will disappear completely as social networking services emerge as more of a utility like email, most likely offered by one of the Web services giants, Google, Yahoo or MSN. "Deciding which path to take is a real decision," Lunn said. "A botched choice will likely end in failure, albeit via a long, slow decline."
Social Network Preferences Tied to Ethnicity
YouTube is having trouble attracting as many female African-American and Hispanic adults as their male counterparts. And MySpace and Facebook are having a tough time appealing to Hispanic females. These are just two findings from a recent study conducted by Synovate, the market research arm of Aegis Group, exploring the online behavior of
Study: Baby Boomers Not Interested in Social Networking Web Sites
Separating itself from the Internet’s younger generation, the population bulge known collectively as the baby-boomers say they’re not interested in social networking Web sites, according to a new survey. Rather, those born in the two decades following World War II are most interested in word-of-mouth recommendations, expert opinions, trusted brands and Internet privacy, according to a survey unviled today by ThirdAge and JWTBOOM, a boomers’ Web site and marketing agency, respectively.
OTHER NEWS
Digital Media to Become 'Primary News Source'
The Internet will become the primary news source within five years, says a new report released at a meeting of the World Association of Newspapers. Newspapers are advised to explore mobile and Internet markets. They "cannot count on their print editions alone to keep them solvent."
Google, Amazon to Dominate Internet, Report Says
Google and Amazon.com will be long-term winners on the Internet, while Yahoo and IAC InterActiveCorp fall by the wayside and eBay becomes a merger target. So says Sanford Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay in a new 310-page report entitled "U.S. Internet: The End of the Beginning."
Internet Week NY Kicks Off With Launch of VC Firm
At a press conference to kick off Internet Week New York, a festival promoting
Media Moguls Struggle to Survive Bipolar World
In today's changing environment, media moguls are said to struggling to understand whether they should buy or sell assets. "Old-media guys are trying to transform into new-media 'it' girls," says one observer, "while upstarts are thinking, 'Hey, maybe I can take down a dinosaur
OAS Meeting Focuses on Youth Development
Delegates plan to use the meeting to target a series of problems facing young people, such as delinquency, unemployment, drug use and HIV infection. Officials will meet over two days to agree on a declaration calling on the 34 member states to help reduce risks and expand opportunities, especially for the 106 million youth in Latin America and the
Time Warner Sees Growth for Content Business
Analyst views of Time Warner's growth prospects once the media giant separates from its cable operating business are too low, says CEO Jeff Bewkes. Some analysts have estimated growth in the mid-single digit percentages. "We're going to do considerably higher than that."
USA Today Strives for Relevancy in Digital Age
USA Today did not invent the national newspaper, muses editor Ken Paulson. The Gannett paper's brief, colorful style "invented the Web page." USA Today says it is benefiting from never having the classified ads that are so important to other papers and are now flowing to the Web.
Web Magazine Reach, Users and Minutes Up in 2008
According to Magazine Publishers of America, consumer magazine websites averaged 70.7 million unique monthly visitors during the first quarter of 2008, an 11.9% increase over the same period in 2007. This gain reflects more than three times the rate of growth for the overall U.S. Internet audience, which rose 3.7% in the first quarter.
World Health Org Urges Global Tobacco-Ad Ban
The World Health Organization is calling on all governments worldwide to ban tobacco advertising. The United Nations agency says current restrictions are not enough to protect the world's 1.8 billion young people, who are targeted through the Internet, magazines and other media.
Young Adults Said to Suffer From 'News Fatigue'
Young adults experience news fatigue from being inundated by facts and updates, according to a study commissioned by The Associated Press. They are unable to give full attention to the news because they are often simultaneously engaged in other activities, such as reading e-mail.
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