Tag Archives: Motown
In the News: Motown Exec Esther Gordy Edwards Dies; Hurricane Irene Gains Strength and More
Headlines around the web
See what’s going on in the world with today’s compilation of news around the web
By Janel Martinez
15 Black Artists Who Died Too Young
In the wake of Amy Winehouse's passing, we reminisce on other musical greats that were taken before their time
Amy Winehouse recently passed of mysterious causes in her London apartment, marking another example of…
By Anslem Samuel
Women in Black Music: Top Women Executives Behind the Scenes
These 9 power brokers are calling the shots in the entertainment industry
These black female executives make power moves behind the scenes in the music business
By Janell Hazelwood
WATCH: El DeBarge Shares Hard Lessons from the Music Industry
What the longtime R&B singer wants newcomers to the entertainment business to know
R&B crooner El DeBarge is pretty open about how thankful he is for life’s “second chances.”…
By Elayne Fluker
WATCH: 5 Things El DeBarge Wishes He Knew Then…
The R&B singer reflects on his past and discloses what he would do differently, if given the chance
Watch as Blackenterprise.com reporter LaToya M. Smith talks with the Detroit-native about what he wish…
By Janel Martinez
No. 16: Berry Gordy, The Music Mogul
Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years
In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Black Enterprise ranks the Titans: The 40 Most Powerful…
By Derek T. Dingle
Kedar Massenburg takes a new Direction
Music Mogul Kedar Massenburg talks about music and his new found venture Wine.
By BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group
Can Detroit Be Saved?
The Motor City struggles to rise from the ashes of economic depression and reinvent itself as a center for entrepreneurship and industry
Detroit is known by many names: The D, Motor City, and Motown, among others. But…
By Alan Hughes
Detroit to The World: Don’t Count Us Out
Motown welcomes the B.E. Entrepreneurs Conference with grit, enthusiasm and faith in its own future
Battered by a crisis of faith in local government triggered by the scandal surrounding former…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Milestones Of The B.E. 100s
A look at a quarter-century of major events which shaped the growth of the nation's largest black-owned businesses
Whether they’ve used conservative or risky strategies, BLACK ENTERPRISE is proud to have chronicled the…
