This has been a LOOOONG time coming!
The singer claims she was "blatantly lied to" by the legendary producer and his partner Chad Hugo because she made nothing from her first two albums.
In a recent Instagram post, Teedra Moses shared how owning the publishing for Christina Milian's "Dip It Low" saved her from homelessness.
“Representing the race” remains a prickly issue in black literature By Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond In the 40-plus years since Robert “Iceberg Slim” Beck released Pimp, the audience for so-called “street literature” has remained faithful to the genre, making bestsellers of Beck’s contemporaries and successors like Donald Goines, Omar Tyree, Teri Woods, and more recently Sister […]
(Tri State Defender) — 1. “The Grace of Silence: A Memoir” by Michele Norris: Quite frankly, this heartbreaking memoir in which the author wistfully recounts her family’s quiet and dignified way of dealing with racism and discrimination, moved me to tears. NPR’s Michele Norris describes lives painfully limited by the color line, including a litany of […]
Not to be left behind black publishers are quickly adopting print alternatives.
The former trader displayed tenacity by jumping into and thriving in new territory.
(Chicago Sun Times) — Late last week, the American Society of Magazine Editors unveiled a revamped version of its “Guidelines for Editors and Publishers,” one of the core documents of the organization whose membership includes hundreds of editors from America’s most well-known magazines. The guidelines are meant to make clear the proper relationship between editorial […]
(The Grio) — Kim Kardashian being naked shouldn’t still be news, especially since the reality star literally just disrobed for the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Yet, her latest W cover is a conversation piece, most notably the inside photo where Kardashian, dipped in platinum, touts her assets. As Kardashian’s platinum-dipped visage suggests, we’ve definitely witnessed a mainstream beauty shift […]
(Washington Post) — Representation of African Americans by white people in texts records a history of “inferiority.” Based on these perceptions, African Americans have endured slavery, genocide, medical apartheid and segregation. This “inferiority” is a tool fundamental to ethnic distancing in society. Today, this tool is used with great precision in the mainstream publishing industry. While, […]
(Flavor Wire) — Stop us if you’ve heard this “news” before: Publishing is dead. We know, we know. You’ve read variations on this theme in the mainstream media for decades. But now, Garrison Keillor is saying it! Which means the New York Times is listening. In his op ed, timed to coincide with annual publishing […]