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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; George Alexander</title>
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		<title>August Wilson Revival Raises Diversity Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/05/08/august-wilson-revival-causes-broadway-stir-on-diversity</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 22:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[August Wilson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[August Wilson was the most prolific black playwright ever to conquer American theater.  A lion of the stage, Wilson’s iconic ten plays -- including the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Fences -- illuminated the black journey of struggle and triumph.  Wilson, who died in 2005 at age 60, was a known advocate for blacks in the theater who understood the hurdles black directors faced in the field.  He, in fact, had an unofficial rule of only wanting black directors to stage major productions of his plays.]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Joyner Back on Chicago Radio</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/05/01/tom-joyner-back-on-chicago-radio</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Harvey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To many African Americans, Tom Joyner is the king of black radio.  Based in Dallas with a nationally syndicated radio show reaching some 115 markets and eight million listeners across the country, Joyner is unquestionably a radio powerhouse. So when Clear Channel, the San Antonio, TX-based media conglomerate, unceremoniously announced in March that it was replacing The Tom Joyner Morning Show with the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show at WVAZ-FM in Chicago, Joyner fans were outraged. After all, Chicago was the first market to ever carry Joyner’s show and WVAZ-FM had aired the show for 13 years. Many Chicagoans see Joyner as a part of the city’s fabric, a part of the family.]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk with Jill Scott</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/05/01/backtalk-with-jill-scott</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Backtalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterfly bra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grammy award-winning singer, actress, poet, author, and philanthropist Jill Scott is perhaps best known for her inspirational and seductive lyrics. But she’s also an entrepreneur, unveiling the Butterfly Collection Inspired by Jill Scott for Ashley Stewart, a bra line for plus-size women. Proceeds from the collection benefit Scott’s Blues Babe Foundation based in North Philadelphia, which encourages young people to excel artistically and academically.]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk with D. L. Hughley</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/01/01/backtalk-with-d-l-hughley</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/01/01/backtalk-with-d-l-hughley#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Backtalk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ ONE OF THE ORIGINAL KINGS OF COMEDY, standup comedian and actor D.L. Hughley isn’t one to shy away from hot-button topics. Taking a stab at news, politics, and the like, his “unconventional” weekly show D.L. Breaks the News debuted last fall on CNN. Thrown smack in the middle of one of the most exciting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHANNELING BETTER IMAGES</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/12/01/channeling-better-images</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How James Makawa is trying to change the face of Africa]]></description>
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		<title>One on One With Michael Baisden</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/11/one-on-one-with-michael-baisden</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/11/one-on-one-with-michael-baisden#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jena 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Baisden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a syndicated radio show in some 64 markets across the country, Michael Baisden is one of the nation's most powerful radio voices. The major mastermind behind last year's historic "Free Jena 6" march, Baisden not only entertains his listeners with his daily afternoon drive show, but charges up the airwaves with healthy doses of relationship, business, and political information. It's that perfect combination of fun, insightful discussion and advocacy radio that keeps listeners tuning in. Not content with just ruling the deejay booth, Baisden has also taken his brand to the tube with his late-night TV One variety show Baisden After Dark. This week, Baisden, who is featured in BLACK ENTERPRISE's August cover story on the future of black radio, talked to blackenterprise.com about his career and the dynamic radio industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Film Festival Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/08/07/film-festival-marketing</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/08/07/film-festival-marketing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Film festival fever is in the air. This week the 12th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) kicks off in Los Angeles. And next month the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York celebrates its 12 year.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One with Wendy Williams</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/04/one-on-one-with-wendy-williams</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/04/one-on-one-with-wendy-williams#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media consolidation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy Williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Known as the "Queen of All Media," Wendy Williams has parlayed 22 years on radio airwaves into best-selling books, TV specials, and now her very own syndicated daytime talk show on Fox. With a penchant for keeping listeners on the edge of their seats with the hottest celebrity gossip and the latest news in pop culture, her afternoon drive radio show, The Wendy Williams Experience, based at WBLS FM in New York City, recently ranked No. 1 in New York in the 25-54 age group. Offering celebrity guests and biting humor, the show is syndicated in 10 markets and reaches 778,000 listeners. Williams spoke with BlackEnterprise.com about her career and the challenges in today's radio industry.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One with Doug Banks, DeDe McGuire</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-doug-banks-and-dede-mcguire</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-doug-banks-and-dede-mcguire#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeDe McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Doug Banks & DeDe McGuire Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With With a Dallas-based, afternoon-drive radio show that is syndicated in some 31 markets, veteran jock Doug Banks and his co-host, DeDe McGuire, bring a fun mix of humor, popular culture, and information to the airwaves as they spin the hottest in adult contemporary music on The Doug Banks and Dede McGuire Show, which is syndicated by ABC Radio Networks. BlackEnterprise.com went behind the scenes with Doug and DeDe to get their take on the radio business and where they think this ever-changing industry is headed.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One With Steve Harvey</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-steve-harvey</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-steve-harvey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kings of Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Harvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Steve Harvey Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When anyone hears the name Steve Harvey the word funny easily comes to mind. After all, this Original Kings of Comedy star and popular former sitcom figure still plays to sold-out shows from coast to coast with his side-splitting stand-up routine. But in more recent years, Harvey has taken the radio industry by storm.  Harvey speaks with BlackEnterprise.com about his career and the radio industry today.]]></description>
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		<title>Film Financing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/07/25/film-financing</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/07/25/film-financing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filmmaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making a film has never been easy. Raising the cash, securing a bankable cast and finding a distributor are the obstacles most independent filmmakers face.]]></description>
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		<title>Play Money</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/07/11/play-money</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/07/11/play-money#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black producers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Broadway has definitely been on a roll. The Great White Way had a record year in its 2007-2008 season, which ended on May 25, grossing $937.5 million.]]></description>
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		<title>The Beat Goes On</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/13/the-beat-goes-on</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/13/the-beat-goes-on#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Master Flash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Grandmaster Flash’s memoir The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My
Life, My Beat hit the streets, adding him to the ranks of other African American
entertainers who in recent years have become authors. ]]></description>
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		<title>T.I.’s MTV Reality Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/06/ti%e2%80%99s-mtv-reality-show</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/06/ti%e2%80%99s-mtv-reality-show#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip-hop renamed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.I.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll have to admit, when I first heard the news last week that rapper T.I.
was getting his own MTV reality show focusing on his 1,000 hours of community service
related to last fall’s gun possession case, I was a bit annoyed. As it turns out, the MTV show will center on the rapper as he talks to youths about his brushes with the law and poor decisions of the past. The goal is to dissuade young people from going down T.I.’s troubled road. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fall TV Lineups</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/27/fall-tv-lineups</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/27/fall-tv-lineups#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming even more apparent that shows about the African American experience
in scripted primetime are hard to find. In fact, The CW is the only place among the
broadcast networks where you will find programming solely by and about African Americans,
such as Everybody Hates Chris and The Game.]]></description>
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		<title>Passing Strange</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/16/passing-strange</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/16/passing-strange#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Theatre Wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Theatre Wing announced the nominations for the 2008 Tony Awards for outstanding performances on Broadway. African American performers and producers snagged a total of seven nominations.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Smith as a Superhero</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/12/will-smith-as-a-superhero</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/12/will-smith-as-a-superhero#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's summertime! Well, maybe not officially, but definitely for Hollywood. The first weekend in May kicked off the Hollywood summer movie season, which got off to a rousing start. The industry’s first event movie Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow, opened to a whopping $104.2 million domestically and a total of $201 million worldwide.
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		<title>Raven-Symoné Goes Against the Grain</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/02/raven-symone-goes-against-the-grain</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/02/raven-symone-goes-against-the-grain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[album]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raven-Symoné is widely known as a good girl—the girl who grew up next door, gained fame on The
Cosby Show actress who’s grown up to be a television, movie, and recording star with
a carefully crafted and well-maintained wholesome image. This week her self-titled
album hit the shelves. As with her previous discs, the 22 year-old wants to
unequivocally honor her past commitment to nice-girl fare. "I am not going to
sing about sex, drugs, and violence. That’s just not who I am," she recently
told Jet in a cover story.]]></description>
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		<title>Black TV News</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/25/black-tv-news</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/25/black-tv-news#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Television News Channel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cable and network television news programs have often been chided for their lack of adequate coverage of issues and topics most important to African Americans. That could soon change.]]></description>
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		<title>Emma Goes Hip-Hop</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/18/emma-goes-hip-hop</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Austen goes hip-hop. At least that’s the plan. Last week, Screen Gems, a Sony Pictures specialty film unit, announced plans to make a hip-hop musical version of Austen’s classic 19th century comic novel Emma. Screen Gems has released such successful black-oriented films as This Christmas, Stomp The Yard,The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game.]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Honors Spike Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/11/chrysler-honors-spike-lee</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to imagine Black Hollywood—or Tinseltown period—without Spike Lee, arguably one of the best filmmakers cinema has ever seen. Chrysler recently bestowed upon the filmmaker its coveted Behind the Lens Award, which is given annually to behind-the-scenes trailblazers in the movie business. Past recipients include Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Quincy Jones.

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		<title>Notorious B.I.G. Film</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/02/notorious-big-film</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fox Searchlight Pictures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cameras are finally rolling on Notorious, the film that’s been on hold since 2007. The biopic of legendary hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace (aka Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls) went into production last week. A January 2009 release date is scheduled.]]></description>
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		<title>Tyler Perry and Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/21/tyler-perry-and-barack-obama</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since coming onto the national scene at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, White House presidential hopeful and Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has become an epic figure. Now Hollywood wants to capture the essence of the man who embodies the American dream. Producer Tyler Perry has announced plans for an Obama film.]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Marley Biopic to Hit Big Screen</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/06/bob-marley-biopic-to-hit-big-screen</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/06/bob-marley-biopic-to-hit-big-screen#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Marley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Weinstein Co., run by producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, announced that they have acquired the rights to the 2004 book No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley by Rita Marley, the legendary reggae singer’s widow.]]></description>
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		<title>Tyra Banks to Get New Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/03/tyra-banks-to-get-new-show</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tyra Banks, the former supermodel turned actress, television producer, and talk show host, has scored once again. This week ABC announced that Banks and actor-producer Ashton Kutcher will produce a reality show for the network. ]]></description>
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		<title>Top 25 Hollywood Moneymakers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/03/01/top-25-hollywood-moneymakers</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hyacinth B. Carbon, Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Nicole Marie Richardson, Tennille M. Robinson &#38; Stacia J. Tackie
There's an old query: would you rather have fortune or fame? Well, in the business of entertainment, the answer is both. Those who call the shots or get a project green-lighted are often those who generate blockbuster box office receipts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damon Wayans to Launch Web Comedy Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/22/damon-wayans-to-launch-web-comedy-show</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damon Wayans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The name Wayans has long been associated with anything funny. So the fact that earlier this month Damon Wayans launched WayOutTV.com, an Internet site in collaboration with Google’s YouTube, should come as no surprise. WayOutTV.com will showcase videos produced by emerging young comedians selected by Wayans.]]></description>
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		<title>Writers’ Strike Comes to an End</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/14/writers%e2%80%99-strike-comes-to-an-end</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than three months of a work stoppage that is estimated to have cost the Los Angeles economy more than $3 billion, the Hollywood writers strike is finally over.]]></description>
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		<title>Cinema Offers An International Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/08/cinema-offers-an-international-perspective</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pan African Film &#38; Arts Festival Hits Tinseltown]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Shine</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/02/01/let-it-shine</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ "My mother would always say, 'If they can keep you uneducated, they can control you,' says Tracy Wilson Mourning, who grew up in Miami, Cincinnati, and later Las Vegas, the child of a single mother.
Wilson Mourning, a graduate of Howard University who has a clothing label called Honey Child, credits her mother and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crash Set to Land on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/31/crash-set-to-land-on-tv</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/31/crash-set-to-land-on-tv#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New series based on popular movie gets green light]]></description>
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		<title>Ruby Dee Gets Her First Oscar Nomination</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/25/ruby-dee-gets-her-first-oscar-nomination</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/25/ruby-dee-gets-her-first-oscar-nomination#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-time actress Ruby Dee is the only African American actor nominated this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah Winfrey to Launch Television Channel</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2008/01/17/oprah-winfrey-to-launch-television-channel</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2008/01/17/oprah-winfrey-to-launch-television-channel#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Discovery Communications to form her own television network called OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Image Award Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2008/01/10/naacp-image-award-nominations</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations for the 39th NAACP Image Awards are out.]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should See The Great Debaters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of the star power of Denzel Washington and the producing and marketing prowess of Oprah Winfrey, the much anticipated and highly touted film, The Great Debaters, failed to break the top 10 its opening weekend, mustering only $6.3 million at the box office.]]></description>
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		<title>Channeling Better Images</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/02/channeling-better-images-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2005, The Africa Channel, the first American cable channel devoted to airing programming from Africa, has focused on changing the world’s perception of the continent. CEO James Makawa discusses his quest to offer a more balanced view of Africa to the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Politically Correct</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/01/01/politically-correct</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Name DeDe Lea
Title: Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Viacom Inc.
Location: New York, NY
Age: 43
Power Play: Balances the demands of corporate and congressional objectives
"I think when you micromanage, you stifle ideas. People feel free to come to me with ideas about what we should be doing or how to approach a certain member of Congress. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Barack Obama Should Be President</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/01/01/why-barack-obama-should-be-president</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Roughly 9,000 Democrats pack into Veterans Memorial Auditorium on a chilly mid-November night in Des Moines, Iowa. The attendees of the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner percolate with excitement, wildly waving banners and cheering loudly as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces the last name on the program: "My fellow Democrats, please welcome the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daddy’s Home!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/10/01/daddy%e2%80%99s-home</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Andrew Morrison, 41, had reached a level of entrepreneurial success that would make even the most accomplished businessperson envious.
Having started a direct-mail marketing company right after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1988, Morrison saw annual revenues of his company, NIA Direct, reach $3.5 million; his take-home salary reached $250,000 by 1998. With offices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Making of an Indie</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/08/01/the-making-of-an-indie</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After completing his first movie, The Ski Trip, in 2005, Maurice Jamal was eager to get back in the director's chair. "I wanted to tell a story that hadn't been told before," says Jamal. He was confident that his debut film, made for just $10,000, would be a calling card for his sophomore effort: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Not Courting Our Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/07/01/republicans-not-courting-our-vote</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Republican presidential candidates, led by Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and John McCain, are bearing the brunt of the mistakes of the current administration. With President George W. Bush's approval rating reaching an all-time low of 28% in light of the public's sentiments about the war, an April Gallup poll indicated that voters prefer the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naacp President Resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After 19 months on the job, Bruce S. Gordon, a 61-year-old retired Verizon executive, resigned from his post as president of the NAACP, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. The announcement, which came just two days after the organization's annual Image Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, stunned many who saw Gordon's strong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Presidential Debate Rise Above Race?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ To win his party's nomination, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will likely need to gain the support of African Americans. He will have to battle a slew of other Democratic contenders for this constituency, most notably Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who has a considerable edge because of her husband's popularity among black voters. However, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama for President?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/04/01/barack-obama-for-president</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In front of the Old State Capitol of Illinois where President Abraham Lincoln once said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand," Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States.
Thousands of cheering supporters--multiethnic, young and old, blue collar and professional--braved the piercing cold to witness a piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Time On The Small Screen</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/12/01/big-time-on-the-small-screen</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A career of scripts, show tapings, and working with stars was the last thing Saladin K. Patterson thought of pursuing when he graduated from MIT.
"I was strong in math and science and was encouraged to go into engineering," says Patterson, who earned his degree in '94 then headed to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Family Affair</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/10/01/a-family-affair</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ For generations, family-owned businesses have been the cornerstone of the African American community, propelling many black families to reach their American dream. The greatest part of American wealth lies in family-owned businesses and, according to Family Business Review, family firms comprise 80% to 90% of all business enterprises in North America. But running a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching The Silver Screen</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2001/12/01/reaching-the-silver-screen</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2001 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ When independent filmmaker Carl Seaton raised money from investors in his native Chicago, he had the same dream as many other would-be Spike Lees--transforming his vision into Hollywood glory. Yet, despite winning awards and fans at major film festivals in Acapulco, New York, and Chicago, the 29-year-old filmmaker was unable to find a movie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fade To Black</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/12/01/fade-to-black-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At first glance, the summer of 2000 could easily be remembered as a sizzling period for the "black" Hollywood blockbuster film. Temperatures reached record highs and moviegoers flocked to multiplexes to see films directed by or starring African Americans. Heading the list were Keenen Ivory Wayans' Scary Movie; The Nutty Professor II, starring Eddie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the border</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/10/01/crossing-the-border</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There are over 800,000 available positions in the technology sector, so one could rationalize that anyone with a computer science degree that is serious about the field should have a fair chance. Some people question if that's truly the case for African American IT professionals.
More than 6% of the total African American population majored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A matter of survival</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/09/01/a-matter-of-survival</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Size does matter, especially in the increasingly competitive advertising industry. Recognizing a changing battlefield, New York-based UniWorld Group Inc., the nation's largest African American-owned multicultural advertising firm (No. 1 on this year's be Advertising Agencies list with $230 million in sales for 1999), has announced a strategic alliance with WPP Group P.L.C. (WPP), a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spin Control</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/07/01/spin-control</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There's been a changing of the guard in the music industry. Germany-based Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) has announced that Antonio "LA" Reid, the co-founder and co-president of Atlanta-based LaFace Records, has been appointed president and CEO of New York-based Arista Records, a division of BMG. Reid replaces Arista founder-and industry legend-Clive Davis.
Reid's appointment comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting an E-Commerce Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/05/01/harvesting-an-e-commerce-solution</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Call it e-frenzy. More and more consumers, as they make their first or 50th purchase online, are ramping up the impact of Web commerce on the economy-an impact projected to reach $101.1 billion in retail sales by 2002.
But a new lion is roaring: a network of business owners and budding entrepreneurs. A recent study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underwater adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/05/01/underwater-adventures</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  When Gregory Sneed of Baldwin Harbor, New York, needs to get away from his demanding 9-to-5, he takes to the seas. The scuba diver finds his glory exploring the blue waters of Hawaii or Florida's sparkling Keys.
Sneed, Home Box Office's vice president and assistant controller for worldwide accounting, became enamored of diving about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entertainment executive on wheels</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/04/01/entertainment-executive-on-wheels</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Remember the thrill you got from racing around the neighborhood on your bicycle as a child? You owned the world. Although many of us have tucked away the memory of that fun-filled freedom, Melanie Bell of Santa Monica, California, still makes the sensation of biking an integral part of her fitness, stress reduction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of venturing abroad?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/03/01/thinking-of-venturing-abroad</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Do you want to take a trip abroad but don't think you can spring for the airfare and hotel costs? Discount travel consolidators may be your solution.
Consolidators are companies that buy large blocks of seats from airlines at steep discounts. They then sell those tickets to the public at prices below the published fares. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collecting our history</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/02/01/collecting-our-history</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Stevie Wonder's original sheet music, a tube of Darkie Tooth Paste, 1920s cartoons and a can of Muhammad Ali Shoe Polish are just some of the items, gathered from around the world, in Stacey Ayers' vast collection of African American memorabilia.
Ayers, associate dean of the Institute for Continuing Education at South Mountain Community College [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of co-signing for someone?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2000/02/01/thinking-of-co-signing-for-someone</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Your sister desperately needs a new car, but she has a poor credit history. The bank will not lend her the money without a co-signer. She comes to you for help. Should you co-sign? After all, she is family. Luther Gatling, president and founder of New York City-based Budget and Credit Counseling Services (www.buccs.com), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is telecommuting right for you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Have you just about had it with your two-hour commute? Need to spend more time with your family? Or maybe you want more control of those household chores that kill your weekend? If you answered yes to any of these questions, perhaps telecommuting is for you. Equipped with a fax machine, laptop computer and [...]]]></description>
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