BET sold to Viacom
Sale of Black cable channel sends shock waves through Black media community

WASHINGTON�The Black community held its breath, crossed its fingers and sent up prayers when word first went out that BET (Black Entertainment Television) might be sold.  But after a week of rumor and speculation their fears were realized Nov. 3 when Viacom, Inc., the third largest media company in the world, bought Black America�s premiere media company, BET Holdings, Inc., for an estimated $3 billion.

Taking care of business
Hip hop artists say it's time to take control of billion dollar music industry

NEW YORK�No doubt, hip hop is everywhere � music, fashion, language, culture and even in hairstyles. The other reality is while hip hop, or rap music, and its offshoots have become a billion dollar industry worldwide, many of those sculpting the culture of modern youth complain of feeling like �slaves on the plantation.�

Trinidad & Tobago in uproar over AIDS vaccine trial

PORT OF SPAIN (IPS)�It was supposed to be their moment of glory. After years of campaigning, the Trinidad and Tobago government finally gave the green light for local researchers to be part of an international campaign against the deadly HIV virus that causes AIDS.  But instead, the researchers and their supporters have been taking to the radio, television and other medium in a bid to assure the public that the HIV vaccine trials are safe and that participants will not end up contracting the deadly disease.

Farrakhan on B.E.T.

The poor are the foundation upon which the rich have built their world. Not only did it bring death to Martin Luther King but it brought the crucifixion to Jesus Christ. But if you are a revolutionary and if you seek to walk in the path or in the footsteps of Jesus or of Moses or of Muhammad, all of them spoke effectively to the poor. And that is what caused the powerful rulers in the Roman Empire to see Jesus as a threat and want to remove him. And this is what caused the powerful in this government to see Martin Luther King as a threat and desire to remove him or Malcolm X or Elijah Muhammad, because they spoke to the poor. Farrakhan is walking in those footsteps, but I think I shall escape that destiny.

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