K. Carrington-De'Laine creates The Council ! Business on The Executive Style Level

News 23 picks Carl Thomas, Jennifer Hudson, Omar Epps, Zakiya Randall, & Russell Simons as Persons of The Month of July.

News 23 is the Media Partner of The SUMC

5th Annual Southeast Urban Music Conference Celebrates BlackMusic Month in Atlanta June 27th-30th 2007“Conference Moves To Bigger Hotel & New Location At The Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel Atlanta”
A stronger program format, bigger parties, a host of A-list music royalty, and a prestigious venue set in the heart of downtown Atlanta, promise to make the 5th Annual Southeast Urban Music Conference the “it”event of summer 2007. The 5th Annual SUMC Urban Music Conference in Association with The Legion Of Doom Record Breakers is set for June 27th-30th 2007, as a celebratory tribute to Black Music Month. The Sheraton Atlanta Hotel Downtown will act as the new host hotel for the 2007 conference and its participants. Atlanta definitely has the bragging rights when it comes to networking opportunities in the music industry. If you look at the Billboard charts, you will see the south and especially ATL are well represented,” says conference chairman, Tony Baraka.

The 2006 SUMC registration boasted over 1500participants and offered a variety of informative seminars focused on achieving success in the business of urban entertainment. Attendees included; artists, producers,managers, promotions professionals all hoping to learn more about the business from industry pros, and vying to network with some of the today’s hottest talent. Ray Hamilton President of The Legion Of Doom Record Breakers and partner with SUMC says new things have been added for the 5th year. “All of our Night time showcases will be held at some of the Major clubs in Atlanta we are lining up some of the top talent in the country to perform at SUMC for next year we will also be announcing soon our Honorees for the SUMC/LOD Awards Dinner there will also be other surprises that we will be announcing soon.”
Another new addition to The Southeast Urban Music Conference will be the Music 101 Tour Of The Southeast according to Tony Baraka “We are planning to take it straight to the people with our Music 101 Tour we will have seminars, showcases and promoting the Conference for everyone to come to Atlanta in June so we are looking to cover 12 cities in the Southeast with a Major Kickoff in Atlanta with a major kickoff Reception at the Beginning in February 2007 what a way to kick off Black History Month because this is History in the Making with SUMC and LOD.”

Past conference sponsors such as Heineken, BME Recordings, Warner Brothers, Akadimiks and All Hip Hop.Com aided in making the 2005 conference a huge success. Baraka and Hamilton expressed immense gratitude to those sponsors and also the participating record labels along with , EMI, DefJam, Capitol, Sobe Entertainment, Alize, Block Entertainment, TVT, Atlantic Records and Purple Ribbon Entertainment.
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News 23 Celebrates Black Music Month with Common, Hoopz, Travis L. Williams, Monique, & CHABAZ Childress as The A-List of the month.

K. Carrington-De Laine, Chairman of News 23, Produces The SRMBC Business Connection Video

News 23 Selected As Media Partner for African American Business Summit

News 23 (RDCC/BB Media Network Group) is proud to announce that we have been selected as the Leading Official Media Partner for the African American Business Summit .

Turning Point Magazine and TPC Foundation, Inc. are proud to announce that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City of Los Angeles are joining with us to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the African American Business Summit. We are also pleased to announce that, for the first time, AABS will partner with the Turning Point URBAN Business EXPO.

This June 20-23, the African American Business Summit/Turning Point URBAN Business Expo will continue our 10-year tradition of delivering resources, information and empowerment to the small businesses that are the growth engine for America's econony.

The African American Business Summit/Turning Point URBAN Business Expo provides solutions to the issues that confront diverse urban small businesses - from access to capital, new business acquisition to operational excellence. We provide real solutions to the very real issues that urban businesses face on a daily basis.

AABS 2007 is an excellent setting for networking with a purpose - connecting with other companies that can help you grow profitably.

I look forward to seeing you at AABS 2007 - one of the most powerful business events in this country. We encourage all our viewers and partners to attend this event. If you would like more information visit www.aabs2007.com.

News 23 Picks, Shera White, Faith Evans, Joe, Dr. Ian Smith & Hill Harper as the Persons of the month of May !

News 23, picks Nichelle Gainey, Tamia, Henry Simmons, Amerie & Christopher Cameron to be on the cover for the month of April !

Ruben,Tavis, Tracee, & NAS is on The Front Cover of News 23 in March !

News 23 Sponsors The 1st 2007 All-Star HBCU HOOPS Tour, for Superior Sports Network !

News 23 Sponsors The 1st 2007 All-Star HBCU HOOPS Tour,

for Superior Sports Network !

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Superior Sports Network, The HBCU Sports Leader ! - www.superiorsportsnetwork.org

News 23 Celebrates Black History From Legends of The Past !

Legends of the Past, inspires us to be True to ourselves in

Black History.

Mary McLeod Bethune
Cab Calloway & Eartha Kitt
Nat " King" Cole
Diahann Carroll & Billie Dee Williams

For more information about our Legends go to

www.news23-the-edge.net
News 23, The Edge on News

The Edge Has NO LIMITS !

News 23 Adds New Segments For 2007

News 23, has added Michael Eric Dyson and Rev Al Sharpton to the new 2007 line up.

You can now listen and register online with Syndicaton One talk network!

The Michael Eric Dyson Show from 10AM to noon(eastern) www.dysontalk.net
The Detroit native is a professor, an accomplished author and an ordained Baptist minister. His three-hour radio show is setting out to 'build bridges' between race, gender, religion and other pressing issues. He's going to take on all sides of the issue to discuss, analyze and offer opinions on the day's hottest topics.

The Al Sharpton Show from 1PM to 4PM(eastern) www.sharptontalk.net
The community leader and former US presidential candidate's three-hour radio show will keep it real, expressing his opinion on the issues and challenging newsmakers to give him straight answers to tough questions.