With its acquisition of Community Connect Inc. for $38 million, Lanham, Maryland-based Radio One Inc. is expanding its Internet reach by adding BlackPlanet.com to its arsenal of media properties.

So they told him. They’d first encountered each other on a website called BlackPlanet. To the 5-year-old, the answer seemed fantastical. “He clearly didn’t hear ‘website,’ ” Williams ...

Just when you thought Solange couldn’t get any Blacker, she went and found her BlackPlanet login. Solange announced a BlackPlanet takeover on Instagram and Twitter, sending social media into a ...

But before today's popular networks allowed you to "like" posts, "poke" crushes, or "retweet" celebrities, web-savvy African Americans were connecting on BlackPlanet. Founded in 1999 by self ...

On February 26th 2019, Solange Knowles, one of the most prolific artists of our generation, leveraged her platform to breathe life back into one of the first homes for Black people on the web ...

and beginning his career on BlackPlanet.com. "I started rapping on Blackplanet[.com], really trying to get into it," said Ab-Soul. "Right, that’s where people went to hook up, but we were up ...

Moreover, BlackPlanet.com has remained a top site since its inception in 1999, also making it one of the first social networking sites. --Gavin O'Malley Toggle navigation ...

In addition to BlackPlanet.com, CCI owns and operates a number of social-networking brands under its umbrella including MiGente.com and AsianAve.com. “Radio One has been interested in expanding ...