Interactive One
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| Unit of Radio One | |
| Industry | Digital media |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder |
Cathy Hughes Alfred C. Liggins III |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
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Area served
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United States |
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Key people
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Alfred C. Liggins III (CEO) Tom Newman (president) |
| Website | interactiveone.com |
Interactive One is an American digital publishing company with a portfolio of websites focused on African American and Hispanic audiences. It also provides businesses with a variety of digital marketing and distribution services.
Interactive One was founded in 2007 as a separate division of Radio One. It was launched in May 2008 as an online community to complement Radio One's other media properties targeting African American audiences. Radio One president and CEO Alfred C. Liggins is also the CEO of Interactive One, and Tom Newman serves as the company's president.
Interactive One operates approximately 70 digital properties featuring news, lifestyle, entertainment and religious content, including News One, The Urban Daily, BlackPlanet, HelloBeautiful, MiGente, BlackAmericaWeb, Global Grind and BlackDoctor.org. As of 2011, Interactive One is the largest network of owned and operated sites aimed at an African American audience, based on the total traffic of its websites and radio stations. By January 2013, Interactive One's properties were drawing more unique visitors than BET Networks and Univision combined.
The company started branching out to the Hispanic market in September 2012, with the announcement of Zona De Sabor ("Flavor Zone"), an English-language website offering news and entertainment content for an urban Latino audience. This came on the heels of the creation of MiGente, a Latino-themed social network.
On September 12, 2012, the White House hosted a live event with Interactive One properties News One, Hello Beautiful, Black Planet, The Urban Daily and The Grio. Officials from President Barack Obama's administration, including Melody Barnes, Valerie Jarrett and Shaun Donovan, answered questions submitted through Interactive One sites about the US job market and economy.
In July 2013, TV One announced News One Now, a morning news show based on News One. The live, one-hour weekday program hosted by Roland Martin premiered on November 4, 2013, also streaming live on Radio One. Based in Washington, DC, the show provides news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports and culture, from an African American perspective.
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