NIELSEN PROMOTES WITHIN, SECURING COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY Crystal Barnes named Vice President of Industry Relations NEW YORK  – Crystal Barnes, formerly Director of Industry Relations, was named Vice President of Industry Relations for Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights, effective immediately. In her role, Barnes is responsible for expanding the reach of [...]

Aretha Franklin is Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Princeton University Franklin Receives her 12th Honorary Doctorate Degree New York, NY – Multiple GRAMMY Award-winner Aretha Franklin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Princeton University during its 265th Commencement ceremony on Tuesday, June 5. The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2012 was [...]

By. Earl Ofari Hutchinson Less than two weeks before his death, I was scheduled to interview Rodney King on the public stage at the annual Leimert Park Book festival in Los Angeles. I had two conflicting thoughts about the interview. One was that if the well-worn term accident of history term ever applied to anyone [...]