ECONOMIC SOUL
 June 4, 2007 - vol. IV
It's Not Too Late to Make Hot Summer Plans

Taste of Chicago 6/29 - 7/8
It's the granddaddy of them all. Roasted corn dipped in Cajun butter, barbecue turkey legs, jerk chicken with red beans and callaloo, chocolate-dipped frozen bananas, grilled lobster tails, rainbow ice cream, and mixed with great music!

Essence Music Festival
New Orleans, LA
July 5 - 7, 2007
Soulful music fills the air at the Louisiana Superdome on one main stage and four super lounges in the celebration of multi-cultural music and arts.

 

Toronto Canada
Caribana Festival
July - August  Calypso, steel pan and elaborate masquerade. It's the largest Caribbean festival in North America. The two-week festival attracts more than a million participants annually, including hundreds of thousands of American tourists.

Jamie Foxx launches The Foxxhole Channel exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio

 SIRIUS Satellite Radio  announced the launching of The Foxxhole, Jamie Foxx's exclusive 24/7 comedy, music and entertainment channel. Jamie Foxx, Academy Award-winning actor, American Music Award-winner, GRAMMY nominated artist, and comedian is the channel's executive producer and will broadcast live from around the world.  More

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TV One (The Largest Black Owned Cable Channel) adds households to extend base to nearly 38 million households

TV One has added more than four million new subscriber households this year, growing from 33.8 million in December 2006 to more than 37.9 million in May 2007, according to Nielsen Media Research estimates. New launches this year include Bright House Networks in Indianapolis, Time Warner Cable of Northeastern Ohio (Akron), and Comcast systems in Minneapolis and West Palm Beach, plus a move from digital to expanded basic on the Comcast system in Shreveport, LA.   More
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NBA Playoffs draw men back to cable to give TNT top spots and network win

It’s game on for the NBA playoffs, and the win or go home atmosphere attracted male viewers in black households back to the remote control. TNT was week’s dominant player, with basketball taking the top three spots on the top 25 chart and nine positions overall.

TNT was easily the week’s top network with seven entries. Second was...  More

Son of Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel) Joins Board of Africans Unite Against AIDS Globally.

At 16 years old, James “J” Garfunkel is a very old soul overflowing with love of music, a sense of purpose, and an absolute certainty that he can use his considerable talent and resources to make the world a better place.   J aka "The Voice of Hope" is the newest member on the board of AUAAG.   More
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LeBron James a certified superstar
By Tom Withers
Associated Press

CLEVELAND — As confetti danced in the electrified air around him and a feverish hometown crowd rocked and rolled the night away, LeBron James was handed a new baseball cap and T-shirt.  Perhaps a tasseled cap and gown would have been more appropriate. More

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Does Sex Sells Women's Sports
by Charles Hallman

The WNBA announced recently that its games will be seen in over 200 countries this season.  Yet the 11-year league is barely noticed statewide. 

    When the league tied itself with the opening of the latest Shrek movie with on-line, on-air and in-arena promotions, it lends credence that the WNBA, now going into its second decade of operations, is still identified as a niche sport – you wouldn’t catch the NBA co-promoting itself with some movie.  “The increase in our global television reach is a reflection on the league’s world-class quality of play,” WNBA President Donna Orender gushed in a press release.  More

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