Red Ibis

I think the answer is what can you create from this carnage?

Nearly everything you wrote can be said the same for "white" media, newspapers, etc. Is it worse for us; yes. But that trend is nothing new.

However, entrepreneurism is greatest during the downturn not the boon. Things have changed and will continue to do so. How do you foster a new economy now that the cheese has (and continues to) move?

Interestingly, blackplanet.com's Alexa ranking is higher than all, including blackenterprise.com and essence.com. However, who actually goes there on a regular basis? Perhaps it is still popular within the online dating service areas.

Correction. Rahiel is from Eritrea. Her bio:

http://www.urbancusp.com/about/rahiel/

It seems that Interactive One is the online division of Radio One, which, I am guessing, would mean that Black Planet is still majority Black owned. Seems a bit convoluted as Interactive One also claims thegriot.com and admits that the Griot is a division of NBC. So.... does that mean that part ownership of Interactive One also may be NBC? I have no idea. Here's the article:

http://interactiveone.com/press/

The editor of Urban Cusp is of Ethiopian descent and is based out of the Washington, DC area. She is @RahielT on Twitter. She does her best to have reporters write and webcast original stories and opinions. The first author being released from my company, Cecilia Capers, has written for UC. That is how I learned about them. However, I like them because they are not following popular trends. It is one of the best sources for original black news.

I'm in!!

Difficult since many of the originally owned black sites are now no longer majority black owned and those that are black owned are "not popular."

1. theroot.com - most traffic but majority owned by The Washington Post

2. netnoir.com - first black internet news portal. No longer as popular or active.

3. blackplanet.com - was more popular when its founder and owner Omar Wassow was at the helm

4. Black Voices - the AOL portal reincorporated into The Huffington Post (AOL); not as popular as The Root but its origins were black founded.

5. Urbancusp.com - not highly trafficked but black owned and with original content.

However, since formerly once owned black sites don't count; we're left with Urbancusp.com and, I believe, Netnoir.com is black owned again. Hmmm.... this is difficult.