Columbus, OH -- BlackNews.com, a leading online destination for African American news, has reached a social media milestone as they now have more than 300,000 Facebook fans on their fan page at
www.Facebook.com/blacknews Owned by Diversity City Media and Lee Moss Media, BlackNews.com was launched in the year 2003, and has since grown rapidly in popularity. The site focuses exclusively on the latest news and commentary pertinent to African Americans.
Dante Lee, founder of the site, comments, "We are thrilled that social media is a part of our marketing strategy because it enables us to bring more news to more people. Typically, African American news is buried in an obscure section of most major publications or just not covered at all, but on BlackNews.com - it makes the front page."
In addition to their 300,000 Facebook fans, BlackNews.com has nearly 15,000 Twitter followers.
Below are the top 12 African American targeted Facebook fan pages:*
1) BecauseImBlack.com
5,400,000+ fans
www.facebook.com/LoveBeingBlack 2) Black Entertainment Television (BET)
1,200,000+ fans
www.facebook.com/BET 3) Carol's Daughter
676,500+ fans
www.facebook.com/CarolsDaughter 4) TheGrio.com
329,500+ fans
www.facebook.com/TheGrio 5) BlackNews.com
300,000+ fans
www.facebook.com/BlackNews 6) Essence
143,100+ fans
www.facebook.com/Essence 7) BlackReport.com
130,180+ fans
www.facebook.com/TheBlackReport 8) CNN Black In America
65,100+ fans
www.facebook.com/CNNBlackInAmerica 9) TheRoot.com
61,900+ fans
www.facebook.com/TheRoot 10) HBCU Connect.com
60,000+ fans
www.facebook.com/HBCUfans 11) TV One
31,600+ fans
www.facebook.com/pages/TV-One/166749975559 12) Black Enterprise
30,600+ fans
www.facebook.com/BlackEnterprise * Stats were composed as of September 1, 2011, and do not include Black celebrity, author, or politician fan pages.
PRESS CONTACT:
Charlene Mikaelian
charlene@diversitycity.com
614-245-0525 x1
Posted By: How May I Help You NC
Saturday, September 3rd 2011 at 2:03PM
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