Multicultural News

• TOP STORY: Podcast: CNN President Jon Klein Discusses 'Black In America' Docu
  CNN President Jon Klein discusses "CNN Presents: Black in America," the network's four-month on-air and digital initiative. more » » » 
• NETWORKS: Fox Mentors Future Execs
  Fox News Channel has quietly sought to increase its minority employee base through an apprentice program spearheaded by the network's most senior executives. CEO Roger Ailes created the network's Apprenticeship Program in 2003 in an effort to provide minorities at entry-level positions with an opportunity to gain valuable behind-the-scenes experience working at a cable network that otherwise wouldn't be available to them. more » » » 

• ONLINE: New Online Site Displays Color of Politics
  Multicultural political junkies now have a Web site of their own as Atlanta-based broadband video network and Internet portal Politics In Color seeks to provide an online community for minorities to discuss the developments of the current political season. more » » » 
• RATINGS: 'Black Magic' Documentary Draws Record Ratings For ESPN
  A film chronicling the injustices of the civil rights movement as told by basketball players and coaches at Historically Black Colleges and Universities became the most-watched documentary in ESPN history. more » » » 
• CARRIAGE: The Mexicanal Television Network Gets Carriage Deal with Journal Broadcast Group
  The Mexicanal Television Network reached a multicasting agreement with Journal Broadcast Group, the owner and operator of 11 television and 35 radio stations. As early as the third quarter, viewers with the ability to receive digital television multicast channels in Journal Broadcast Group markets in Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Calif., Tucson, Ariz., and Boise, Idaho, will be able to view Mexicanal Network. more » » » 

• Q&A: Telemundo’s Michael Rodriguez
  Michael Rodríguez, the recently appointed vice president of sales for Telemundo and Mun2, discusses upfront presentations and the importance of a network producing its own content. more » » » 
• PACKAGES: Sorpresa Joins Comcast Package
  Sorpresa, the Juniper Content-owned children’s network, will launch March 31 on Comcast Hispanic packages Cable Latino and Cable Latino Completo, in the Fresno, Calif., DMA. more » » » 
• PROGRAMMING: CNN To Focus On Black America
  CNN will examine the current state of Black America as part of a four-month on-air and digital initiative dubbed CNN Presents: Black in America. more » » » 
• KIDS: Univision Lands Kids-Targeted Show
  After months of negotiations, Univision beat Telemundo to the U.S. broadcasting license of ¡Viva la Familia! de Todobebé, the one-hour weekly show produced by Miami-based multimedia property Todobebé and set to air this summer. more » » » 
  
  
• CHANNELS: Dish Adds Five Asian Channels
  In Star’s biggest U.S. distribution pact to date, Dish Network will launch five of its Asian TV networks as the satellite provider bolsters its South Asian and Chinese channel line-up. more » » » 
• AROUND THE WEB: Survey: Minorities Turn To Cyberspace For Shopping
  As reported by Bizreport.com, a recent study from The Media Audit found that minority groups in America are increasingly turning to the online realm for their shopping. more » » » 
• AROUND THE WEB: Report Details Challenges Facing Black Women
  As reported on Newsweek.com, this year’s “State of Black America” report issued by the National Urban League finds black women still face many challenges despite the success and attention garnered by women such as Condoleezza Rice, Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama. more » » » 
• AROUND THE WEB: CBS Poll: Obama Race Speech Gets Good Reviews
  Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race, in which he discussed his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his controversial longtime minister, received largely positive reviews, according to a new CBS News poll. more » » »