(ThyBlackMan.com) In an agreement formally announced today, Magic Johnson Enterprises — in partnership with the Yucaipa Cos. — has invested in Vibe Holdings, LLC. This investment will make the NBA legend chairman of the media company that owns Vibe magazine, in addition to other well-known brands like the television franchise ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I went to see the film, “The Social Network” during my visit to New York City this week. I was in town filming my project with MSN called ‘The Invested Life‘ and interviewing some Obama Administration officials during pre-election coverage with Rev. Al Sharpton, so I was ready for a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When recently presented with this question, I initially laughed because I know that a limited being with finite thoughts could never speak on behalf of His Creator. I later learned that the question about astronomical salaries for preachers evolved from a recent New York Times article that outlined a biographical ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why all Black people should NOT start their own businesses… Copycatting is not a good reason to start your own business. We have enough barbershops and day cares… While entrepreneurship is a viable answer to the economic woes in any community, not everyone of color is capable of starting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was a time, not too long ago, when Americans thought that everything bigger was better. Got a nice big home? Sweet. But a 5,000-square-foot McMansion showed that you were really living large. Rolling around in a sporty SUV? Cool. But having a huge (and expensive) Hummer really showed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The economy hasn’t been kind to organized labor — especially black organized labor. Why it’s poised for a comeback… Notwithstanding Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s late-summer paean to a phantom economic recovery (does he have imaginary playmates as well?), this Labor Day will be the bleakest for America’s workers since ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The world’s most talented and most popular track star finds that setting world records is easier than crashing the circle of top earners. Here’s what stands in his way to becoming a $10 million man. Usain Bolt may be the world’s fastest man, but so far he hasn’t sped to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Curt Flood and Oscar Robertson Must Be Proud… Amid much fanfare, pomp and circumstance, free agent superstar, LeBron James, made his decision. It was a little too much fanfare for some, but you can do that when you’re the game’s best player. And for his age, he is the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To no one’s surprise, NBA star Lebron James has signed a new deal with Nike. The old deal, signed in 2003, was for $93 million dollars, and James seems to have delivered for the Nike Corporation. “LeBron James is one of the world’s best basketball players and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I curiously watched the press conference held last week to celebrate the New Jersey Nets (well, not quite New Jersey anymore) stadium set to be built in Brooklyn. A group of investors, led by Bruce Ratner, were joined by many prominent New York public figures to celebrate the ground-breaking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America’s only African-American brewer wants you to stop thinking of beer as just a “cold one.” Garrett Oliver wasn’t looking to start a revolution; he just wanted a good beer. Oliver’s interest is not so unusual by today’s standards, when high–caliber, micro-brewed beer can be found at convenience markets, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Obama Administration has been accused of not being responsive to the challenges of Black and Hispanic businesses. This criticism was bolstered by recent news that even though Latinos and Blacks own 6.8 and 5.2 percent of all businesses respectively, they are only getting 1.7 and 1.1 percent of ...