November 17, 2011 – New York, NY – Moguldom Media Group, the leading digital media company that develops premium online publishing brands serving African-American audiences, is extending its successful online video initiative into the world of fashion and beauty with “How I Made It,” an original web series that spotlights the industry’s most successful and influential women. Produced in conjunction with Moguldom Studios, the 4-episode series will air on StyleBlazer.com, a fast-growing Moguldom website which delivers unique and fashion-forward online content for the hip and trendy African- American woman. Today’s premiere episode features Mikki Taylor, the former Beauty & Cover Director and current Editor-at-Large at ESSENCE Magazine, author of Commander in Chic, and founder of Mikki Taylor Enterprises. Catch Taylor sharing her compelling story to becoming one of style and fashion’s leading on the series premiere: http://styleblazer.com/22614/himi-episode-1-mikki-taylor/.

Since its launch earlier this year, StyleBlazer has won a strong and growing audience with coverage of the best in women’s fashion, infused with Moguldom’s unique brand of humor and a sensibility that reflects the full diversity of African-American culture. Fresh and timely original video and written content brings chic, style-driven African-American women the latest fashion news and trends, celebrity style reports, street-level fashion shots, sassy beauty tips, intriguing designer profiles, and more. “How I Made It” brings new depth and insight to the StyleBlazer mix with candid conversations exploring the hard work, pain, and joy—as well as the day-to-day strategies—that go into building a successful career in beauty and fashion.

“Behind every fashion and beauty success story is a lot of hard work, determination, and inspiration,” said Geo Hagan, Managing Editor of StyleBlazer.com. “We’re excited to take viewers behind the scenes to see exactly what these pioneering women did to end up looking so good, while helping so many others look good at the same time. ‘How I Made It’ is a must-see for anyone who cares about fashion, beauty, and the strong, talented women who define today’s best looks.”

“How I Made It” continues a highly successful online video initiative which has already brought two popular original series to Moguldom’s MadameNoire.com site, “Mommy in Chief” and “She’s the Boss,” each produced in conjunction with Moduldom Studios. “We’re thrilled to be working with StyleBlazer to create ‘How I Made It,’” said Liz Burr, Managing Director, Moguldom Studios. “Fans of our last two series are already familiar with the high production value and high-quality entertainment Moguldom Studios is becoming known for. The unique visual appeal of the fashion and beauty industry, and the fascinating personalities, who make it all happen, will make for truly compelling and memorable viewing. I can’t wait for the episodes to air, and I know our viewers feel the same way.”

“As the top online publisher for today’s African-American women, Moguldom is committed to celebrating the full scope of our community’s culture, business, and lifestyles—with a fun, savvy voice that only we can provide,” said Judene Walden, Executive Vice President, Moguldom Women. “ ‘How I Made It’ celebrates the accomplishments of the designers and entrepreneurs who help us look our best every day of the week, and gives viewers an exciting taste of the glamorous, high-stakes world they’ve helped create.”

About Moguldom Media Group
Moguldom Media Group is the world’s largest network of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans as measured by comScore online reach. Our premium online brands capture the pulse of diverse segments of African Americans and provide rich, compelling experiences across multiple media channels including online video, mobile, and social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As owners and operators of our own digital properties and content, we are uniquely positioned to drive innovation and value for both our audiences and the advertisers seeking to reach them.

CONTACT: Moguldom Studios – studios@moguldom.com

October 17, 2011 – New York, NY – Moguldom Media Group, the leading digital media company that develops premium online publishing brands serving African-American audiences, has continued its successful online video initiative with the premiere of “Mommy in Chief,” an original web series sponsored by Tide® that explores the ups, downs, and everything in between of being a modern mom. “Mommy in Chief” offers a fun, inspiring, and practical take on parenting for mothers with young school-aged children. The 12-episode series is hosted by Karyn Parsons, best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the hit 90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Viewers can watch the series on the Madame Noire website at http://madamenoire.com/mommyinchief.

With 1 million unique visitors, MadameNoire.com is the fastest-growing lifestyle brand and premier digital destination for savvy, upwardly mobile African-American women, offering a balanced mix of news, lifestyle, entertainment, and business coverage tailored to their interests and perspectives. Earlier this year, MadameNoire launched “She’s the Boss,” an original web series produced with Moguldom Studios focused on the insights and experiences of leading African-American women entrepreneurs and executives. Now, “Mommy in Chief” turns the camera toward leaders of another kind: the modern moms who juggle work, kids, and husband in the course of a full day.

Produced in conjunction with Moguldom Studios, the video division of Moguldom Media Group launched in October 2010, “Mommy in Chief” reflects the experiences and perspectives of today’s do-it-all moms: college-educated, career-oriented (even if she’s staying home with the kids for now), strong relationships with her friends and family, and interested in making healthy lifestyle choices for herself and her family. Karyn Parsons draws on relatable stories from her own life and the insights of expert guests in informative, free-ranging discussions of the latest issues and trends in parenting—as well as classic parenting perils familiar to moms throughout the ages.

Social media integration will build a community of viewers, mommybloggers, and experts around “Mommy in Chief” to participate in the conversation and provide their own views on the topics at hand. The official Twitter hashtag for the show is #MommyInChief, and viewers can also join the action on Madame Noire’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MadameNoire.

“We all know it’s moms who really run the world,” said Judene Walden, EVP, Moguldom Women. “They keep the house together, nurture the kids—and the husbands, too—and get the family ready to face the day, and then they’re off to take care of their own business, whether at work or on the stay-at-home circuit. ‘Mommy in Chief’ gives these strong women a welcome moment of perspective. It’s like running into a good friend at the coffee shop in the middle of a busy day: you’ve only got a few minutes, so you make it good, and you leave energized to take on the next urgent mom challenge.”

“We’re excited to build on the success we’ve achieved with ‘She’s the Boss’ by turning our attention to a new, equally rich and interesting facet of the life of today’s women,” said Liz Burr, Managing Director of Moguldom Studios. “‘Mommy in Chief’ will give hard-working moms an engaging mix of useful advice, shared experiences, and much-needed comic relief with the unique sensibility they can only get from Moguldom Studios.”

About Moguldom Media Group
Moguldom Media Group is the world’s largest network of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans as measured by comScore online reach. Our premium online brands capture the pulse of diverse segments of African Americans and provide rich, compelling experiences across multiple media channels including online video, mobile, and social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As owners and operators of our own digital properties and content, we are uniquely positioned to drive innovation and value for both our audiences and the advertisers seeking to reach them.

CONTACT: Liz Burr – mommyinchief@moguldom.com –

August 9, 2011 – New York, NY – Moguldom Media Group, the leading digital media company that develops premium online publishing brands serving African-American audiences, has extended its fast-growing MadameNoire.com brand into online video with the premiere of “She’s the Boss”, an original webseries. Produced in conjunction with Moguldom Studios and sponsored by the General Mills Feeding Dreams program, “She’s the Boss” features an intimate view of the day-to-day activities of leading African-American businesswomen. Behind-the-scenes glimpses, advice, and interviews will inspire viewers of both genders across Moguldom’s audience of three million—and hold particular interest for the women who make up MadameNoire.com’s core fans.

MadameNoire.com is the fastest-growing lifestyle brand and premier digital destination for savvy, upwardly mobile African-American women, offering a balanced mix of news, lifestyle, entertainment, and business coverage tailored to their interests and perspectives. With “She’s the Boss,” MadameNoire.com captures the business savvy, style, and spirit of New York City’s most successful black business women—the corporate executives and entrepreneurs who are transforming traditional notions of what it means to be a black woman in American. The women selected for the show offer candid insight into both the peaks and valleys of life as a black female boss. Guests already scheduled for the series include leaders from a broad range of industries:
• Beauty—Ericka Dotson, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Indique Hair, the weave manufacturer and retailer
• Entertainment—Michelle James, Executive Director and Chief of Staff of Bad Boy Entertainment, the lifestyle and music entertainment company
• Nonprofit—Meme Omogbai, Chief Operating Officer of the Newark Museum
• Fashion—Monif C., Founder and Owner of the plus-sized women’s clothing company that bears her name
• Publishing—Danyel Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Billboard Magazine, the music media company

Produced in conjunction with Moguldom Studios, the video division of Moguldom Media Group launched in October 2010, “She’s the Boss” is designed for the unique environment of online video. A blend of behind-the-scenes looks at daily life at the office, intimate one-on-one interviews, and practical advice provides a rich, multifaceted experience for viewers. The initial season of the show will feature 20 episodes of 5 – 6 minutes each, the first of which premiered at MadameNoire.com on August 9th. More information is available at the show’s page: http://madamenoire.com/shestheboss/

“Like MadameNoire.com itself, ‘She’s the Boss’ is a dynamic, multifaceted experience that will captivate viewers of all kinds—and hopefully spark the ambitions of more than a few of them to aspire to greatness of their own,” said Demetria Irwin, Managing Editor of MadameNoire.com. “The featured guests are truly amazing women who have that rare combination of heart, follow-through, and business savvy. With so many exemplary black women in New York, ‘She’s the Boss’ has no shortage of subjects and I look forward to sharing these inspiring profiles every week. Can you hear that sound, America? It’s the click-clack of their stiletto heels dancing on the glass ceiling!”

”We’re very excited to launch our debut original webseries with Madame Noire,” said Liz Burr, Managing Director of Moguldom Studios. “‘She’s The Boss’ will provide viewers with an experience they cannot get anywhere else, and Moguldom Studios is looking forward to producing additional unique and engaging stories you can only find on the web.”

“She’s the Boss” is sponsored by the General Mills Feeding Dreams program, which celebrates those who go the extra mile to make their neighborhoods happier and healthier. Feeding Dreams is proudly sponsored by the following General Mills brands: Betty Crocker® Brownies, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Hamburger Helper®, Honey Nut Cheerios®, Nature Valley® Sweet and Salty Bars, Pillsbury Grands!® Biscuits, and Yoplait® Yogurt.

About Moguldom Media Group
Moguldom Media Group is the world’s largest network of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans as measured by comScore online reach. Our premium online brands capture the pulse of diverse segments of African Americans and provide rich, compelling experiences across multiple media channels including online video, mobile, and social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As owners and operators of our own digital properties and content, we are uniquely positioned to drive innovation and value for both our audiences and the advertisers seeking to reach them.

June 13, 2011 – NEW YORK, NY – Moguldom Media Group, an innovative new media company, today announced Moguldom Mobile, a new division that makes the entire Moguldom portfolio of premier digital destinations available via both iPhone and Android mobile apps. In addition to providing consumers with mobile experiences optimized for their favorite devices, Moguldom Mobile will provide the leading mobile gateway for advertisers seeking to reach African Americans at scale. Later this year, the Moguldom Mobile platform will be opened to third-party publishers to allow them to monetize their own mobile websites with high-impact rich media ads and cross-platform app development. Moguldom also announced the appointment of Alicia Walker, most recently its Social Media and Analytics Manager, as Managing Director of Moguldom Mobile.

Moguldom Mobile extends and enhances the strong performance Moguldom has already achieved through its mobile websites; the company currently reaches more than 3 million monthly unique visitors on mobile in aggregate, serving more than over 15 million mobile pageviews per month. For advertisers, Moguldom Mobile unlocks the full potential of the mobile channel to reach urban consumers, for whom mobile devices play an especially prominent part in the online experience. A recent report by Horowitz Associates has found that African Americans outpace the rest of the market in usage of mobile video, while a July 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center found that 51 percent of Hispanics and 46 percent of African Americans use their phones to access the Internet, compared with 33 percent of whites.

Moguldom Mobile apps are now available, optimized for iPhone and Android, for Moguldom properties including Bossip.com, its flagship property; 24Wired.TV, providing unique licensed and original video content and web TV, The Atlanta Post, covering African-American business, media and politics; Hip-Hop Wired, a hip-hop news, culture and lifestyle destination; BossipTwitter, dedicated to aggregating celebrity tweets; and StyleBlazer, a site for fashion-forward African American women. Apps optimized for the iPad will follow in the third quarter.

To help advertisers achieve maximum impact, Moguldom Mobile will leverage extensive creative and technical capabilities to develop highly engaging creative units in-house for preferred clients, including full page mobile and mobile video interstitial units across IPhone, Android, and iPad devices. By opening its platform to other African American-focused premium publishers later this year, Moguldom Mobile will enable these companies to quickly and easily develop cross-platform apps to increase their own mobile revenue.

Alicia Walker, Managing Director of Moguldom Media, has worked with Moguldom for more than two years in areas including ad trafficking, social media, and traffic analytics and strategy. As Social Media and Analytics Manager, she managed a team of six and helped double Moguldom’s aggregate social reach on Twitter and Facebook over the last six months. She will now lead the company’s mobile strategy, develop its monetization and technology platform, and recruit new publishers to join Moguldom Mobile. Said Walker, “Until now, there has been no platform allowing advertisers to efficiently reach African Americans at scale on mobile platforms such as iPad, IPhone, and Android. Moguldom Mobile provides the answer to that problem, capitalizing on this clear and growing market opportunity.”

Said Marve Frazier, Chief Creative Officer of Moguldom Media Group, “We entered 2011 with a clear strategy we call Triple Threat plus Scale, a response to the demand in this dynamic marketplace for a cross-platform, high impact and efficient medium to reach African Americans at scale. Our focus on building out video, social, and mobile, while adding scale across every channel, has proven to be a hit with our visitors and advertisers alike. We look forward to helping our advertisers effectively reach African Americans on mobile and helping third party African American-focused publishers develop and execute a comprehensive mobile strategy.”

About Moguldom Media Group

Moguldom Media Group is the world’s largest network of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans as measured by comScore online reach. Our premium online brands capture the pulse of diverse segments of African Americans and provide rich, compelling experiences across multiple media channels including online video, mobile, and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As owners and operators of our own digital properties and content, we are uniquely positioned to drive innovation and value for both our audiences and the advertisers seeking to reach them.

June 9, 2011 – New York, NY – Moguldom Media Group, the leading digital media company that develops premium online publishing brands serving African American audiences, today announced that it has become the clear leader in African American digital media. The company is now the world’s largest network of owned and operated websites addressing African Americans (comScore). At the same time, individual Moguldom properties now outperform traditional publishing brands in the space; for example, Moguldom’s MadameNoire.com which is less than a year old, has more unique visitors and a higher average household income than Time Warner’s Essence.com. Bossip.com, Moguldom’s flagship property, has more unique visitors than Viacom’s BET.com and Interactive One’s BlackPlanet.com.

Moguldom has risen rapidly to pass older competitors and assert a strong position as the leading digital media company serving African Americans—a demographic representing more than $1 trillion in total buying power (Nielsen) and attracting more than $2 billion in annual advertising spending. Unduplicated unique visitors within the Moguldom portfolio have increased over 50 percent over the past year to reaching 2.6 million (comScore). The company’s internal metrics show 5 million unique visitors and more than 75 million aggregate page views per month (Google Analytics). This tremendous scale in traffic is complemented by outstanding visitor engagement, as indicated by more than 4.7 average minutes per visit and 4.2 average monthly visits per visitor across the Moguldom Digital Network (comScore).

The quality and performance of the Moguldom portfolio result in part from the company’s core focus on ownership. Many large content networks actually consist of a group of independently owned websites assembled by an ad network, which must then split revenue with each of these sites. Moguldom is the sole owner of every site in its portfolio, allowing the company to scale more quickly and efficiently while keeping a greater share of the revenue these sites generate. With complete control over the sites and editorial content within its portfolio, Moguldom can also offer advertisers greater flexibility on integration and execution across video, mobile, and social platform.

Said Jamarlin Martin, Chairman and CEO of Moguldom Media Group, “It has always been our objective to give our audience something they can’t get from the older, fatigued African American media brands, and we’re thrilled to have achieved this so quickly and definitively. Our success is no accident. We began 2011 with a strategy called Triple Threat plus Scale, in which we expand our presence across video, social, and mobile to reach our audience wherever they go, while giving advertisers exceptional reach. Our advertising partners have given us strong positive feedback that our focus on innovation and execution is paying off and helping them capitalize on a ‘perfect storm’ of audience engagement.”

As part of the Triple Threat plus Scale strategy, Moguldom recently launched four new divisions to focus resources on key areas of growth: Moguldom Studios, producing original online video content; Moguldom Mobile, making the entire Moguldom portfolio available via mobile apps; Moguldom Social, extending the Moguldom strategy into social media; and Moguldom Women, providing premier digital destinations for savvy, upwardly mobile African American women. The company will soon expand further into sports, men’s lifestyle, and food and cooking.

About Moguldom Media Group
Moguldom Media Group is the world’s largest network of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans as measured by comScore online reach. Our premium online brands capture the pulse of diverse segments of African Americans and provide rich, compelling experiences across multiple media channels including online video, mobile, and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As owners and operators of our own digital properties and content, we are uniquely positioned to drive innovation and value for both our audiences and the advertisers seeking to reach them.

June 8, 2011 – New York, NY – Moguldom Media Group, the leading digital media company that develops premium online publishing brands serving African American audiences, today announced that its MadameNoire.com property, the premier digital destination for savvy, upwardly mobile African American women, now outperforms every other brand in its category according to comScore results for May 2011. In addition to being the fastest-growing lifestyle brand for African American women, MadameNoire.com already serves more pages per visit than most women lifestyle brands, an indication of its highly engaged audience.

MadameNoire.com’s unique online content includes a balanced mix of news, lifestyle, entertainment, and business coverage from the perspective of African American women. MadameNoire.com has also launched a new online video program, “She’s the Boss,” co-produced with Moguldom Studios, which focuses on African American women entrepreneurs and business leaders. Clearly filling a need previously unmet by longer-running traditional competitors such as HelloBeautiful and Essence.com, MadameNoire has achieved tremendous growth. Still less than a year old, the site already reaches more than 1.1 million unique visitors and serves 10 million pageviews per month (Google Analytics). The most recent comScore results show performance that leaves every competitor far behind, including average household income between $75,000-$100,000 and over 910,000 unique visitors.

Said Demetria Irwin, Managing Editor of MadameNoire.com, “MadameNoire represents a fresh, authentic, and passionate voice for black women of the Michelle Obama generation and beyond. We have worked tirelessly and invested in premium content that captures the diversity of issues that confront today’s African American women. We also believe in entertaining them while they are on the site. Mainstream media organizations and slow-moving legacy African American media brands have neglected and under-invested in our audience, so we feel it’s essential for us to add sustainable value in the space.”

Judene Walden, recently hired as Executive Vice President of the Moguldom Women division, said, “The organic growth we have seen on MadameNoire has been phenomenal. The Moguldom approach is to ‘go hard or go home’ and it’s obviously paying off as we expand our portfolio of properties. We’re hungry and there is a lot of work to do, as we have very ambitious plans for positioning MadameNoire as the premiere African American Women’s lifestyle brand across video, mobile, social, and off-line events. Our recent success on MadameNoire is part of an overall triple-threat strategy for Moguldom to be the leading African American digital media company offering authentic and premium content at scale across mobile, video, and social.”

About Moguldom Media Group
Moguldom Media Group is the world’s largest network of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans as measured by comScore online reach. Our premium online brands capture the pulse of diverse segments of African Americans and provide rich, compelling experiences across multiple media channels including online video, mobile, and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As owners and operators of our own digital properties and content, we are uniquely positioned to drive innovation and value for both our audiences and the advertisers seeking to reach them.

Ms. Irwin is in good company with the other “thought leaders and media mavericks” on the list. Danyelle Smith, dream hampton and Emil Wilbekin are just a few of the impressive media lumanaries also honored by BlackEnterprise.com. “Social media outlets are such a big part of people’s lives today and especially as someone who works in media, I know what a powerful tool it is,” said Ms. Irwin. “I have a lot of fun on Twitter and I’ve made solid professional connections too, so I really appreciate BlackEnterprise.com acknowledging me on this list. Many of the other people on the list are people who inspire (and tweet with) me.”

Congratulations Ms. Irwin!

April 18, 2011 – New York, NY – Moguldom Media Group, the leading digital media company that develops premium online publishing brands serving African-American audiences, announced today the launch of StyleBlazer.com, a new website designed to deliver unique and fashion forward online content for the hip and trendy African American woman. StyleBlazer.com will be led by Managing Editor Geo Hagan, the latest high-profile Moguldom hire.

As the fashion marketplace becomes more complex, StyleBlazer.com is committed to translating styles and trends while remaining true to the taste of our ideal audience, the African American woman. Fresh and timely original video and written content will bring chic, style-driven women all the latest breaking fashion news and trends, as well as celebrity style reports, street-level fashion shots, sassy beauty tips, intriguing designer profiles and more. The site will curate the best women’s fashion content and infuse it with Moguldom Media’s unique brand of humor and ability to read the pulse of diverse segments of African-American culture.

Geo Hagan brings extensive fashion and journalism credentials to his new role as Managing Editor for StyleBlazer.com. He has been a frequent contributor to Nylon Magazine, the premier Downtown NYC fashion magazine, as well as China Shop Magazine, Julib.com and Fashion Institute of Technology Network magazine, and is the founder and Creative Director of Collabsociety.com. He has also served as Editorial Director for YRB Magazine and as a fashion consultant or specialist for Fezbez Inc. and Hugo Boss. Said Hagan, “For a fashion lover and journalist, this is an opportunity of a lifetime: covering fashion in the global capital of chic, for the top digital media company serving the African American community. I’m excited to help our audience experience all the latest fashion news and trends, and provide a place for the most stylish designers and fashionistas to showcase their unique looks, start conversations, and make the world a more beautiful place.”

The site will be the latest online property to join Moguldom Media Group’s robust digital network, which already reaches approximately 3.5 million unique visitors each month (Google Analytics).

“The creation of StyleBlazer.com is a strategic step in Moguldom Media’s plan to become the voice of authority within the African American digital online experience,” said Marve Frazier, Moguldom Media Group’s Chief Creative Officer. “We have provided a unique online experience with our flagship property Bossip.com, and we believe we can do the same for women’s fashion content.”

In addition to StyleBlazer.com, the company’s properties also include Bossip.com, its flagship property; 24Wired.TV, a new website designed to deliver unique licensed and original video content and web TV keyed to the African American experience; Madame Noire, the premier lifestyle website for today’s multi-faceted black women; The Atlanta Post, a new online destination covering African-American business, media and politics; Hip-Hop Wired, a hip-hop news, culture and lifestyle destination; and BossipTwitter, a new blog dedicated to aggregating celebrity tweets. The portfolio will soon expand with two new sites, one focusing on men’s lifestyle and the other on food.

About Moguldom Media Group

Moguldom Media Group is an innovative multimedia company that develops and manages premium-publishing brands that capture the pulse of diverse segments of African-American culture. Moguldom’s portfolio of brands covers business, politics, hip-hop music & culture, women’s lifestyle, popular culture and fashion. Moguldom’s leading brands are leveraged on multiple media fronts such as online video, mobile, radio and social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

“Girls Write Now is an incredible program,” said Demetria. “The girls are so talented and I’m humbled to be among this amazing group of dynamic women writers.”

Demetria and Ida performed their original piece in front of nearly 200 invited guests. Check out the video of their performance below!