Tom Joyner: Tavis Smiley ‘fascinated with his own legacy’

theGRIO REPORT - Tom Joyner, Tavis Smiley's onetime friend and host of the show that made Smiley a household name among many Black Americans, slammed Smiley's comments, saying his former protege is 'fascinated with his own legacy'...

Tom Joyner pledges to pay student loan of deceased young man

Madame Noire

MADAME NOIRE - Today, we have a great update to this story: Tom Joyner has pledged to pay the loan on Ella Edwards’ behalf...

Artur Davis mum on how Romney would impact blacks

theGrio

In an interview with American Urban Radio Networks' reporter April Ryan and radio host Tom Joyner, former Democrat and ex-Barack Obama supporter Artur Davis called the president a "disappointment." But he was less clear on how a President Mitt Romney would help black Americans.

Black orgs call FCC on 'demise' of black radio

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - A group of black media organizations on Monday will deliver a letter to the FFC chaiman demanding that the FCC look into the demise of black radio in America...

Wendy Williams has 'no reason to lie' about Oprah

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO REPORT - Wendy Williams spoke with 'The Tom Joyner Morning Show' to set the record straight on letter she claims Oprah Winfrey wrote her...

Cornel West, Tavis Smiley playing poverty games

theGrio

The funny thing about the much ballyhooed and ridiculed Tavis Smiley/Cornel West joint production poverty tour is how the tables are turned...

Tom Joyner helps put HBCUs in the online market

Deron Dalton

theGRIO REPORT - Minority enrollment in colleges are dropping due to costs. A new initiative aims at providing black college hopefuls with the opportunity of going to school online...