Magic Johnson, CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises
Magic Johnson Enterprises has entered a multiyear agreement with Aetna, one of the country’s leading healthcare companies. The alliance aspires to improve healthcare literacy, wellness, combat and ethnic inequality in the country’s urban neighborhoods through intensive community outreach programs.
Aetna hopes this will help it make sales in key urban [...]
Mike Pruitt, President of Honda of Akron, Ohio
Mike Pruitt, the former Cleveland browns running back and President of Honda of Akron, Ohio was honored at the 2008 Urban Wheel Awards with the prestigious “Dealer of the Year” award from On Wheels, Inc.
The Urban Wheel Awards are presented to individuals and companies within the automotive [...]
The US based, The Africa Channel has entered into an affiliation agreement with Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for carriage on service’s basic digital cable package.
The channel’s schedule is filled with English-language programming, which includes news and information, travel, lifestyle, music, feature films, soaps and special events.
The Africa Channel is also available in the United Kingdom [...]
Muhammad Ali has launched his first official e-commerce site.
Ali.com launched earlier this week as the former heavyweight champ celebrated his 66th birthday. The site sells Ali posters and books as well as memorabilia, such as boxing gloves autographed by the boxer.
“We are transforming our website into a platform offering even more original content about Muhammad,” [...]
Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications Inc. will launch a cable & Internet joint-venture partnership in 2009 for a channel.
Oprah will be chairman of the venture, which includes a network to be named OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network LLC). Ownership and advertising revenue will be split evenly between Winfrey and Discovery.
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During a recent interview with MTV, Snoop (born Calvin Broadus), announced plans to open up a chain of grocery stores called “Snoopermarkets” in 2008.
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Ice Cube and producer/screenwriter partner DJ Pooh have announced the launch of UVNTV, aTV-style network website.
UVNTV is short for U View Network Television.
It is the world’s first real-time online streaming television network. Which, although in pre-launch phase, so far features a dozen channels which show everything from short videos to full-length movies. [...]
Nike and Basketball legend Michael Jordan have unveiled the latest version the famous Air Jordan trainers.
The eagerly-awaited Air Jordan XX3 are made of environment friendly materials. They also mark 23 years since the Air Jordan range was first launched, are 23rd edition of the Air Jordan and match Jordan’s iconic number 23 jersey.
The Air [...]
Dr Dre, born André Romell Young, Jimmy Iovine (chairman of Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records) and Monster, a leading manufacturer of professional grade audio equipment will be releasing headphones dubbed “Beats by Dre,” this spring.
The new “Beats by Dr. Dre” high-performance headphones were conceived by Dr. Dre and mutually designed, with groundbreaking and inventive engineering by [...]
Willie F. Johnson
Principal and Chairman of PRWT Services, Inc.
Philadelphia-based PRWT Services Inc., has acquired a chemical manufacturing plant from Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc. With the acquisition, the plant becomes the first minority-owned pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in the US.
The company has also entered into a five-year supply chain agreement with [...]
