Jet magazine, the third-largest publication aimed at African-Americans, has joined the list of scores of others that have changed their formats from print to online and mobile.
Sasheer Zamata, a sketch comedian who has been performing in the New York area for the past four years, will make her first appearance on Jan. 18.
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“Saturday Night Live” has been subjected to a barrage of criticism over what seemed a glaring absence on the iconic comedy show.
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A campaign guides young African-American women in making contraceptive choices.
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A novel praised for its dramatic depiction of Southern life in the mid-1850s became a best seller, but its tantalizing secret — the author’s identity — may have been solved.
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Mediatakeout.com, a celebrity gossip Web site, moves up in the ranks as its staff hunt down scoops.
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The magazine’s next editor in chief will be confronted by a growing sense among some readers, bloggers and media analysts that Essence has lost its editorial direction.
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Mr. Robinson, one of the first black reporters at The New York Times in the 1950s and a local television news correspondent, inspired the next generation of black journalists.
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Michael Houston became one of four regional chief executives at Grey and one of the few African-Americans in the executive suite of a large, mainstream Madison Avenue agency.
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The strong reaction to Paula Deen’s use of a racial slur reflects a simple truth: race remains one of the most difficult conversations to have in America.
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The United Negro College Fund is introducing a campaign with the tagline, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste but a wonderful thing to invest in.”
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Film companies are poised to release an extraordinary cluster of prominent movies by and about black Americans, across an array of genres and including several awards contenders.
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Advocates for people with autism are aiming ads at Hispanic and African-American parents to speed the diagnosis of the disorder in their children.
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Among other topics, Mr. Miles, who specialized in unearthing lost material about forgotten subjects, made films about the history of Harlem and a black regiment that fought in World War I.
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When he joined WNBC-TV, there were few black reporters. But Mr. Teague was eventually disillusioned with TV newscasts.
Marriott International will use the coming release of “42,” a movie about Jackie Robinson, to promote its loyalty program to African-Americans.
Bounce TV is aiming to reach African-American viewers through broadcast television, not cable.
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