Newark mayor Cory Booker set for food stamp challenge
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - He and one of his Twitter followers each plan to live for a week on the monetary equivalent of food stamps or less...
On Facebook, Belcher and Perkins appear happy
theGRIO REPORT - If there were problems between Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kassandra Michelle Perkins, they were not obvious on Facebook, where they were the picture of a happy family. Clearly, the reality was different...
Rihanna tweets shirtless Chris Brown photo; Brown quits Twitter
theGRIO REPORT - Fresh off her controversial 777 tour, pop star Rihanna is stirring more controversy with a tweet of what appears to be a shirtless Chris Brown in bed...
Obama's 2012 campaign tops digital fundraising in 2008
theGRIO REPORT - New numbers show that the 2012 Obama campaign's digital fundraising brought in even more money than the successful tactic did in 2008...
Mainstream marketers accused of ignoring blacks on social media
Despite all of this, only 54 percent of US marketers are using new media tools — social media, video and mobile, among others — to target black consumers, according to the ANA’s survey. Nearly all marketers, 88 percent, said they were targeting Hispanic customers.
CNN's Don Lemon: Actor Jonah Hill 'treated me like the help'
theGRIO REPORT - CNN anchor Don Lemon has gotten into an unlikely public feud with Academy Award nominated comic actor Jonah Hill...
Lakers fire head coach Mike Brown
theGRIO REPORT - USA TODAY's Sam Amick reports Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown was fired Friday. Additionally, ESPN and Yahoo! Sports confirmed the news. Brown was just five games into his second season as Lakers coach. The team is just 1-4...
Black women raise their political voice via Instagram
Images of black women showing their support for President Barack Obama have begun to flood the social network’s stream.
Judge: Defense gets Trayvon's school, social media records
theGRIO REPORT - The judge in the case of George Zimmerman will allow the defense to review the Miami teen's school records, as well as the content of his social media accounts...
New motions on tap in Trayvon case
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys for former neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman will argue for the right to subpoena the social media accounts of Trayvon Martin and also ask for more time to interview state witnesses in the high-profile murder case...
