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Website. blackplanet.com. BlackPlanet is an African-American social networking service for matchmaking and job postings. The company website also contains forums for discussion of political and social issues. [2] BlackPlanet was launched by internet analyst Omar Wasow on September 1, 2001.
History. Originally named AsianAvenue (or Asian Avenue), the site was launched on July 21, 1997 [1] by co-founders Benjamin Sun, Peter Chen, Grace Chang, Michael Montero, and Calvin Wong. By 1998, The New York Times described it as "unusually successful" despite being "run out of an apartment", having hit five million page views from 50,000 users.
MiGente.com was an online social-networking site specifically targeting the Hispanic community. It was launched in 2000. [1] [2] Its former parent company, Community Connect Inc., claimed that MiGente.com was the fastest growing English language site for the Hispanic community with over 3 million registered members. [3]
John Jennings and Stacey Robinson of the collective Black Kirby worked with Larry Fuller, the original author of 'Ebon: Fear of a Black Planet,' to expand the character's storyline for a new ...
Political science, race and ethnic politics. Spouse. Jennifer Brea. . (m. 2012) . Website. www.omarwasow.com. Omar Tomas Wasow (born December 22, 1970) [1] is an assistant professor in UC Berkeley ’s Department of Political Science. He is co-founder of the social networking website BlackPlanet.
Inc. (2013–2017) Tumblr (pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog.
Ethecon Foundation is a German environmental organisation, which describes itself as a "foundation for ethics and economy". [1] Founded in 2004, Ethecon started presenting annual awards, the Blue Planet Award which is given for actions deemed to be protecting the environment, and conversely the Black Planet Award given to those deemed to be destroying it, in 2006.
In the 2000s, with the rise of new media platforms such as online music streaming services, fans discovered and downloaded or streamed hip hop music through social networking sites beginning with Blackplanet & Myspace, as well as from websites like YouTube, Worldstarhiphop, SoundCloud, and Spotify. [17] [18]