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BET’s Debra Lee seeks to improve black women’s images with leadership talks
By Krissah Thompson
Washington Post
Bonnie McDaniel refused to let her now 24-year-old daughter watch Black Entertainment Television growing up.
She hated the oversexed, booty-shaking music videos. She thought the programming objectified black women. She would bad-mouth the network with her girlfriends.
This week, the

ARBITRON LOOKS AT ETHNIC RADIO

February 25, 2010: Arbitron releases the “Black Radio Today 2009″ and “Hispanic Radio Today 2009″ studies, with both reports featuring PPM data for the first time.
“Ethnic-formatted stations reach millions of listeners every day,” Arbitron EVP Alton Adams said. “These studies show the strength of radio as a media companion to ethnic

Jill Scott takes full advantage of Black History Month:
The Lifetime Network premiered “Sin of the Mother” with Jill Scott to rave reviews. More importantly Lifetime was rewarded with the number four cable show in Black Households.
Here is a look at last weeks Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

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Paul Porter Industry Ears

The Slow Death of Radio