Essence Festival of Culture — Live — Bigger and ‘Blacker’ than Ever
The iconic magazine's signature event in New Orleans returns with a stellar line up after a two-year hiatus.
Build in Tulsa: Ashli Sims, former journalist, creating a mecca for Black entrepreneurs
Program aims to grow a network of business accelerators to help tech startups.
Dateline: Tulsa, Juneteenth — Black Wall Street welcomes first media owners conference
Entrepreneurs convene for their inaugural networking event.
Group Black getting down to business at Cannes
At the International Festival of Creativity, the media collective is highlighting its role as an entity that can navigate in a rapidly changing and diverse market.
Juneteenth: An occasion to commemorate or celebrate?
Introducing our new Marcom Weekly columnist: We can find appropriate ways to acknowledge the federal holiday without dishonoring the legacy.
Juneteenth Matters: When consumers see branding as exploitation
As the second Juneteenth federal holiday approaches, attempts to brand events and sell products tied to the celebration have resulted in some marketing missteps and sparked outrage on social media.
Marketing association’s Hall of Fame underscores progress on diversity
Selections for honors demonstrate the organization's hard-fought gains in diversity, equity and inclusion
When social media kills
A gunman livestreamed the killing of 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, underscoring the role of social media and gaming in creating the climate for such racist attacks.
Papa Johns exec Janelle Panebianco adds her own flavor to marketing brands
Janelle Panebianco, a public relations executive for Papa Johns International, brings her authentic self to her work marketing top brands.
Black marketers gathering for first culture summit
The African-American Marketing Association holds its first Marketing for the Culture Summit on May 12, 2022.