one industry digital media founded 2007 founder cathy hughes alfred c. liggins iii headquarters new york ny area served united states key people 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 . contents 1 history 2 partnerships 3 advertisers 4 properties 5 milestones 6 references 7 external links history edit interactive one was founded in 2007 as a separate division of radio one . 1 it was launched in may 2008 as an online community to complement radio one s other media properties targeting african american audiences . 2 3 radio one president and ceo alfred c. liggins is also the ceo of interactive one and tom newman serves as the company s president . 4 interactive one operates approximately 70 digital properties 5 featuring news lifestyle entertainment and religious content including news one the urban daily blackplanet hellobeautiful migente blackamericaweb global grind and blackdoctor.org . 2 3 4 6 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 . 7 by january 2013 interactive one s properties were drawing more unique visitors than bet networks and univision combined . 4 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 . 8 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 . 9 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 . 10 11 12 in february 2015 interactive one launched hb studios a video production studio focused on creating scripted and unscripted programming about women and the diversity of their experiences . with about a dozen original video series in development for 2015 hb studios programming will be featured on the ione women channel and hellobeautiful.com along with channels on youtube and facebook . 13 14 hb studios inaugural release was the 14 minute documentary women on top featuring interviews with women including soledad o brien lisa leslie tia mowry jody watley beverly johnson and others . 13 15 partnerships edit in july 2011 interactive one and nbc news announced a partnership combining their editorial and sales resources . the main focus was initially on aligning nbc s african american news site the grio with news one which would take the lead on advertising sales . 16 in april 2013 interactive one announced it would team up with global grind a website founded by russell simmons and focused on pop culture and music content for african american and hispanic audiences agreeing to a multi year partnership in an effort to improve its reach with urban audiences . under the terms of the deal interactive one manages advertising and technology interests for global grind . 3 4 in 2013 interactive one also partnered with voxxi an english language website aimed at latinos ; 5 and multimedia company real times media with the real times media digital network a group of websites supported by interactive one . 17 in july 2014 the company partnered with the fashion website stuffflypeoplelike.com . 18 advertisers edit interactive one s advertisers include ford american airlines home depot and hewlett packard . 16 properties edit news one african american news the urban daily african american entertainment black planet african american social networking hello beautiful lifestyle resource for african american women black doctor.org african american health blackamericaweb.com african american news lifestyle and entertainment migente latino social network zona de sabor latino news and entertainment elev8 gospel giantlife.com style and culture originally the magazine giant 19 milestones edit year event 2008 interactive one is launched . 2 2011 partners with nbc news to combine editorial and sales resources . 16 2012 creates websites targeting latino audience zona de sabor and migente . 8 teams with white house to host live question and answer session about us economy . 9 2013 interactive one properties drawing more unique visitors than bet networks and univision combined . 4 partners with russell simmons global grind . 4 news one now a morning news show based on news one premieres on tv one . 12 2015 launches female focused video production studio hb studios . 13 references edit christopher h. sterling editor the biographical encyclopedia of american radio new york routledge 2011 p. 185 . a b c anita huslin radio one ceo prepares for shareholders washington post may 26 2008 . a b c c. daniel baker interactive one studios adds russell simmons globalgrind.com to its roster black enterprise april 15 2013 . a b c d e f william launder digital marketer links up with russell simmons wall street journal april 15 2013 . a b voxxi interactive one team up to develop new product services fox news latino september 12 2013 . nicholas carlson former aol entertainment boss mike rich goes to interactive one business insider july 9 2010 . matthew flamm urban websites face off crain s new york business june 12 2011 . a b tanzina vega interactive one s site for latinos new york times september 10 2012 . a b kori schulman open for questions with news one hello beautiful black planet the urban daily & grio whitehouse.gov september 10 2011 . tambay a. obenson tv one announces news one now live 1 hour weekday morning news program hosted by roland s. martin indiewire july 9 2013 . robert bianco news one now will find roland martin talking again usa today july 27 2013 . a b tim molloy news one now with roland s. martin to premiere nov. 4 thewrap october 24 2013 . a b c todd spangler interactive one launches digital studio to produce series for women of color variety february 11 2015 . jessica klein interactive one will launch hb studios with doc women of color video ink february 11 2015 . corinne grinapol fishbowl five with interactive one s leigh davenport adweek april 23 2015 . a b c tanzina vega black news in new focus new york times july 11 2011 . real times media sets launch date for new interactive one supported digital network new pittsburgh courier october 30 2013 . sfpl s rae holliday and gabriel williams talk interactive one partnership kanye west and other projects drjays.com july 17 2014 . steve smith giantlife.com takes over for folded giant minonline.com december 2 2009 . external links edit official interactive one website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title interactive one & oldid 711993246 categories radio one company digital media organizationsinternet marketing companiesmedia companies based in new york citycompanies based in new york citymedia companies established in 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 march 2016 at 05 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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