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RLJ Development, LLC Founded by BET CEO Robert L. Johnson, has raised $315 Million in Equity
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comPress Release
Source: BET/RLJ Development, LLC
Privately held RLJ Development, LLC (RLJ) controlled by Robert L. Johnson, founder and CEO of BET…
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Russell Simmons Financial Empowerment Hip-Hop Summit
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comRussell Simmons, Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) announce the convening of the first Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment.…
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Wal-Mart to sell Quincy Jones line of speakers
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comThe speakers developed in a joint venture between Mr.Jones and SLS International, Inc. the leading developer of sound systems for the commercial, home…
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Johnnie Cochran Dead
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comFamed African American lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., died Tuesday at age 67. Cochran died of an inoperable brain tumour at his home in Los Angeles,…
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs Expanding Empire
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comHip Hop entrepreneur Sean Combs has been on a deal making binge lately, signing a movie and tv production deal with MTV. Putting his name on 150 $100…
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Bad Boy Worldwide, MTV announce deal
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comMTV has agreed to a production deal via a first-look production agreement that could eventually include new TV series and even movies with…
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Tom Burrell Becomes Third Black to be Inducted into Advertising Hall Of Fame
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comTom Burrell Founder and Chairman emeritus of Burrell Communications was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame by the American Advertising…
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Columbia Pictures sues Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comColumbia Pictures has filed a lawsuit against Sean Combs and his Bad Boy Records company in US federal court. The suit alleges that Bad Boy Records…
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Sean Combs to release US$100 000 limited edition Sean John Lincoln Navigator
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comThe businessman and entertainer will be selling 150 of this limited edition Sean John Navigator which comes with every luxuary you can expect for $100…
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Only two blacks on this year's Forbes Worlds Richest People list
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comThe richest black person in the world remains Jamaican born Michael Lee-Chin. The Burlington, Ontario, Canada resident holds the No.243 spot on the F…