How do you stop a slow dying painful death?  Inject life and celebrate birth, to borrow from Richard Rodriguez, Noted Author & Essayist.  In this war of the mediums, it is all about who has the bone.  Or who had the bone. Newspaper had the bone.  Everything else was just a reflection.  By everything we mean radio, television, magazines, and new media which came later.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — Aesop’s story, a dog carrying a bone over a bridge looks down into the water and sees its own reflection. Taking it for another dog carrying a better bone, the dog opens its mouth to bark at the “other” and in doing so drops its own bone into the river. The moral, according to John Lydgate’s versified Isopes Fabules, is that the one ‘Who all coveteth, oft he loseth all.’[1] -

The water is the Internet.  The bone was authoritative and accurate information supplied to millions of paid subscribers.  Keyword paid subscribers which in turn with advertising netted millions and billions of dollars for newspapers.  Somewhere along the way newspapers began to covet something that really was not there.  Fame over fortune perhaps?  Newspapers were no longer happy being quoted as the source.  Newspapers wanted it all.  The fame and the fortune.  So they began to compete where there was no competition.  Newspapers gave away their content for free.  Their subscribers and advertising did flee. No more bone had thee.

Technology injected life into the medium but newspapers refused life support. The days of being a single medium were over.  Newspapers pushed away the idea of podcasting because it was too much like radio.  Newspapers pushed away the idea of video because it was too much like television.  Thus came the amateurs. Then newspapers with no reason to compete began fighting a war for life.

Newspapers can’t die.  We must save them as everything else is still just a reflection.  No newspaper, no news.  What will radio talk about already famous for being a day late because they have to read the newspaper.   Television just recites the newspaper.

Newspapers need to lock it down STAT.  Stop refusing life support and expand the medium as only newspapers can.  Inject life and remember why you were born – to satisfy curiosity and intrigue the imagination.  Stop coveting and feed the reflection. Share the bone. Appreciate being the source and reward those delivering daily traffic and increasing subscribers.

Give subscribers more.  Offer free print editions with each article driving traffic online for subscribers only. Throw in a few free books, cd’s, some real coupons, subscriber only events, conference, luncheons, etc.  Breathe again. Be the source again. Upon approaching a reflection, just marvel at it. Come back to life and life will come back to newspapers.

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PhotoBuzz: (insert) — Newspaper salesman Karim Benkanoun (L) gives a customer change for a purchase at Nick’s Newsstand February 26, 2010 in San Francisco, California. As the newspaper industry continues to struggle and more people turn to the internet for their news, Nick’s Newsstand closed its doors after more than 30 years of selling newspapers and magazines from a kiosk in downtown San Francisco. Newsstand owner Karim Benkanoun made the decision to close the business after sales plummeted over the past four years causing him to make less than minimum wage. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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It’s Saturday morning.  While the routine requires lounging in bed, The Tea Party is in my head, thanks to the NAACP.  Or perhaps I should say CNN and T J Holmes.  It is my routine.  Probably before I open my eyes, must feel around for the remote and hit the news channels.  It being Saturday, that means check the news and respond accordingly on Facebook. Used to be twitter but I get long winded as you will see.  It is what it is for a news junkie.  A couple of years ago, like many I may have been dressed and fixing breakfast and filling the mommy tugs.  But I digress in my empty nest.  Back to the buzz. . .

If you follow the buzz, you’ve seen the tweets, updates and headlines about the NAACP 101st Convention and occasional responses.  Well it takes a few days for topics to trend and make the news, thus we must revisit.  Long story short.  TJ Holmes on CNN Saturday morning recapping the NAACP vs the Tea Party brought this response from me:

Tea Party and Racism – while it is quite obvious the tea has gone bad, can the NAACP be an alternative? No.  Beyond the fact that the attention of late appears to be a PR move by the NAACP,it cannot be the alternative.  An alternative to the Tea Party, in order to be successful,  has be a bi-partisan multicultural organization to dilute the tea.

NAACP is a well oiled machine.  But NAACP, the machine that it is, cannot respond with a sense of urgency i.e. the fact they are just now addressing the tea party when we are facing the development of a tea party caucus.  NAACP is tardy for the party.

The alternative to the tea party are people who vote their interest. They are called voters and involved civic minded citizens.  They may fluctuate from the right to the left, be a little liberal and a little conservative.  They vote for democrat here or republican there because they want to take the country forward not backwards.

Voters, of which the majority may not be at the party, will dilute the tea without the NAACP.

That’s just the buzz.  You have to get the buzz behind the buzz.  To get in on the conversation and put my comment back in context of the discussion.  Follow the buzz via the links included above, or comment in the discussion with TJ Holmes via Facebook at  NAACP, Tea Party and Racism.

In the mean time, we are in the process  of elections across the country.  The platforms are so skewed and the real issues, such as jobs and economy, are getting lost in the fight for leadership and media attention.  People are getting re-elected on the basis of doing NOTHING for their constituents.  Visit your Secretary of State’s office website to make sure you are registered to vote.  Check local election calendar and get involved. Find political networks online.  During elections, politicians are forever present to get the vote.  Stick em and get your voice heard.

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Meet Yalanda Lattimore
Keeping Sisters Talking Since 1993
Editor of DryerBuzz.com Since 2002
“I believe you can change the world with a headline… or at least keep people talking.”

We’ve Been Here Before . . .

Addicted to documentaries, my Netflix runneth over time with all the history available at the click of a mouse.  Watching a recent documentary called Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009), realized how much of a conflict it is to laugh at ourselves.  It goes without saying how much of a dilemma it is to create content allowing us to laugh.  There seems to be an overwhelming looming conscience nudging sense so much so that we must be concerned for those of whom who might laugh with, at, before, after, etc.  Is it the same for all cultures seeking to entertain themselves?

Why We Laugh, was directed by Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell.  It offered a comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who’s-who of black comedians, including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.

The documentary covered a lot of material and comedians, but one particular comment stood out.  It had to do with a top entertainer, absent from the documentary, but more recently in headlines and top grossing at the box office.  Talking about Tyler Perry.  In the feature, Bill Cosby comments that we do not need an 80 year old grandmother smoking weed.  Now granted the documentary was made in 2009. Cosby did not mention Madea and since that time Perry’s portrayal has evolve slightly.

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When I heard the comment I paused the film. This came at me like a directive from Cosby.  Something one must obey, but my thoughts were not just of Madea.  Almost in instant rewind, my mind went right to Bert Williams whom I learned more about from another documentary.  I then fast forwarded my recall up through the ranks from comedians to film makers.  My thought process bounced from the elder Van Peebles who has an excellent documentary called How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2007)  to Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, resting at first generation Cosby. Then my thoughts went quickly on to other notables in comedy/film. Then to second generation Cosby where life will forever be compared.  Next I thought about Spike Lee, a couple of the younger comics/film makers then to Tyler Perry and his Madea.  In tracing the quick steps we’ve taken, I have no answers.  Just the question . . .   if loving Tyler Perry is wrong, how do we get to Cosby Studios?

Not trying to put the burden on Cosby . . . yes I am.  I want someone to figure this out. Cosby himself says he doesn’t want to leave here until we do. Given the history, why did Tyler Perry start from scratch?  If I know what’s up with that brother,  I’m reminded that both Spike Lee and Robert Townsend started from scratch.  Both coming after Cosby and others who were successful in film.  Granted they may have worked together at some point, but where is the allegiance, the legacy that should be in the story of Tyler Perry?

I interviewed Tyler Perry once.  Once was all it took as I listened to a young man try to make since of his world and the conflict that lies within.  Perhaps the answers lie within the documentaries provided by the Van Peebles.  Melvin with his “Watermelon” feature highlighting the heights to which he was able to reach then we come to Mario’s  documentary about the low’s facing black men.  How do you go from a world of potential to very few possibilities.  With a legion of fans and a fist full of foes, if loving Tyler Perry is wrong, where are those that want to do right?

Why are content creators that want to do right so few and far between? Why does everyone have to start from scratch but everybody else has only an opinion? If we believe Tyler Perry’s history/PR (the lines blur). Then we believe that he started from scratch, right?.  Found success in losing everything.  Nobody believing in his dream.  He put on the dress because he saw Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, and Martin Lawrence do it, etc. etc.  He found his audience.  He does what works.  But if loving him is wrong, how were the ones before him right?

If Tyler Perry found an audience, was this audience lost post Cosby?  If Tyler’s audience can relate so much to what he does on stage, big screen and small, then does that really put them in a bad light?  If loving him is wrong, why is his audience so tight?

Perhaps its time for Tyler Perry’s fist full of foes to come up with a fist full of dollars? Someone today is starting from scratch.  If we don’t put our money where our mouth is, then we can’t have an opinion later. If loving Tyler Perry is wrong, come together and get it right.

Seeing is Believing — www.DryerBuzz.com– Combing the headlines. Changing the way you look . . . at life.
Meet Yalanda Lattimore
Keeping Sisters Talking Since 1993
Editor of DryerBuzz.com Since 2002
“I believe you can change the world with a headline… or at least keep people talking.”

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Rarely do I blog about me . . . but in Hindsight . . .

I Yalanda . . . I am I shall I will I ought. I may I might I win I bought.  I believe I know I write I talk.  I trail I sail I swim I bail. I share I teach I train I learn. I create I draw I dream I earn. I move I listen I hear I see.  I dwell I complete I stall I be.  I motivate I care I love I wait. I return I capture I fail I hate. I blog I update I tweet I post.  I read I critique I encourage I host.  I reach I embrace I repress I cave.  I limit I inhibit I explode I behave. I delete I backspace I correct I revise.  I revisit I seek I find I improvise . I change I adapt I mold I behold.  I birth I raise I praise I pray! I stay being me . . . Yalanda

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DryerBuzz.com — Women hold the purse strings.  From family savings to household spending, the economy and its recovery is right now dependent on the tight grips of women.  “All over this country, every day, women are making extraordinary efforts to improve their lives and the lives of others,” remarked Dr. Jill Biden to the Women’s Leadership Forum Issues Conference held in Washington DC in May.  Dr Biden’s remarks were echoed by First Lady Michelle Obama on the leadership of women, “we all know that when you need something done, and you ask women to do it, it gets done.  End of story.”

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr Biden along with the current administration are making sure recovery includes what women want.  “This is a story that is told every day all around the world, and right here in America — a story about the strength and determination of women. Women who haven’t had much in their own lives, but who know exactly what they want for their children.  Women who work those extra shifts, and make those sacrifices, so their daughters –- and their sons –- can have opportunities they never imagined for themselves,” said our First Lady.

Two extraordinary women, we have to imagine the road to DC for Michelle Obama and Dr. Biden did not begin until they as women, wives, mothers, one a lawyer, the other an educator, decided that it was best for their family. Thus began their BrandPlan which continues today.

When the man behind the brand is a woman, the results are What Women Want – impact driven and target focused with the right sense of urgency. What Women Want is largely a focus of the 2010 BrandPlan at www.DryerBuzz.com.  Always in our headlines, this season is expanded to include more of What Women Want encouraging the support of entrepreneurs in our families.

President Obama has said entrepreneurship is “the most powerful force the world has ever known for creating opportunity and lifting people out of poverty.“  At DryerBuzz.com we know from experience, when the man behind the brand is a woman, the trendsetter has to also create a legacy. Supporting entrepreneurs since 1993 and buzzing about their brands online since 2002 at the dawning of social media, the year 2010 is ripe for success. As predicted, the digital industry is a major part of our daily lives and at the forefront of entrepreneurial success.

Entrepreneurs hold the key to jobs in America.  It was the growth of family businesses and innovation of many entrepreneurs that brought America out of its Great Depression.  Their hindsight has to be our foresight. The landscape has changed for the better and is most advantageous to what women want — tools to promote and operate their businesses yet streamlining their time to prioritize family and other commitments.

Speaking of hindsight, entrepreneurs can get much hindsight/foresight each week with DryerBuzz&Co .  In a live and on-demand podcast, editor and host Yalanda Lattimore will highlight the success of women and entrepreneurs who focus on What Women Want.  Business starts with a relationship.  Where women can maintain better relationships, they can maintain better businesses.  Helping to spread the buzz and mentoring entrepreneurs with The Buzz Club and BrandPlan consulting, DryerBuzz.com is the bridge to communicating in relationships.

More headlines featuring women have been added to DryerBuzz.com in widgets placed throughout the news site.  DryerBuzz has taking on more of a syndication role featuring content from around the web in real time.  “Tapping into our own experience, we train businesses to become its own media and build relationships with syndication partners to create buzz for their business.  In creating buzz, entrepreneurs can captures the attention of larger audiences, more customers, and the ears and eyes of traditional media,” say Yalanda.

In 2009, Yalanda Lattimore developed the BrandPlan for top networking guru George Fraser of FraserNet to deploy social media including twitter as a communication and service tool to create instant buzz for its annual entrepreneurs conference.  The implementation attracted media attention. Within the year to follow, African Americans on twitter led by women remain a trending topic.

When the man behind the brand is  a woman, with a precise BrandPlan, established relationships, she can tap into a level playing field, get immediate lasting results, and the trendsetter can create a legacy.

More of What Women Want:

DryerBuzz & CO: Hindsight Live Wednesdays | DryerBuzz.com Podcast

BrandPlan Mentoring | DryerBuzz.com

Remarks by The First Lady and Dr. Biden to the Women’s Leadership
Forum Issues Conference | White House

Unleashing the Power of Women Entrepreneurs | White House

Get Your Innovative Ideas Funded to Empower Women and Girls | White House

FraserNet PowerNetworking Conference June 10-12, 2010 | Atlanta | About FraserNet

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Podcast: Life Impacting Art part two – flipping the script on part one  Art Impacting Life – How movies, TV,  and the audience impact generations.

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In part two of this great debate we flipped the script on the audience.  We had a special surprised guest Iron E Singleton from Atlanta seen recently in The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock. Our resident in-house screen writer India_Celeste was back by popular demand.

Listen anytime but next time catch us live to get the buzz first Wednesdays on Hindsight the new podcast series LIVE and on-demand.

We had a great debate about what Hollywood needs to do to appeal to a universal audience.  How can this audience impact Hollywood?  How will Hollywood respond to instant feedback/criticism of social media? Can a movie/actor survive as films opens from east to west coast with so many new real time critics? Can Hollywood satisfy an audience connected to a multitude of content? Lastly, what have we done to actors?

One Great Debate | Two Nights | Get the buzz behind the buzz with DryerBuzz.com

Listen to Part One – Art Impacting Life | Iron E Singleton Upcoming Projects

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Art Impacting Life – Check$ and Balance$ – How movies and TV impact generations. How did Van Peebles and Cosby inspire generations of potential? Why was Spike Lee branded controversial? Why is there a consumer conflict in supporting Tyler Perry? Why aren’t more women behind the image of women? Who’s the new critic impacting art that’s impacting our lives?

The great debates continue with #Hindsight/#ForeSight with DryerBuzz&Co – listen anytime but catch it LIVE and participate. Get the buzz behind the buzz with host @DryerBuzz and special guest @INDIA_CELESTE |  LIVE | Show Page on BlogTalkRadio

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Hindsight LIVE with Black Enterprise Listen and Win to Attend Conference

Catch the buzz with Alfred A. Edmond Jr. is senior vice president/editor-in-chief of BlackEnterprise.com.

Thursday 05.06.10 on Hindsight with DryerBuzz&Co, listen LIVE to get the buzz behind the buzz on the 15th Annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo. Slow your scroll for a chat with Black Enterprise Editor-In-Chief, Alfred Edmond Jr.  Plus listen in for great tips on how to create buzz at a conference for trendsetters creating legacies. Listen live Thursday, May 6 at 10PM ET.

Post-show Contest Update: Send a screenshot showing DryerBuzz.com, BlackEnterprise.com and your own website for a chance to win access granted to the conference with DryerBuzz.com. Winner announced on our next podcast. Contest is local to Atlanta and includes admission only. Send screenshot via twitter, facebook or email thebuzz at DryerBuzz.com

Hundreds of entrepreneurs, young professionals, and seasoned executives are coming to Atlanta for four days of networking and business advice at the 15th Annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo, May 16-19, 2010, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel.

How STRONG is your brand? How BOLD is your BUSINESS?

Each year BLACK ENTERPRISE gathers the best minds in business for Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo. DryerBuzz.com readers and Buzz Club members can take advantage of $200 off with a special “friends and family” coupon code ECFF2 when registering at www.Blackenterprise.com/EC.

Two lucky Buzz Club Members are going to the conference . We’ve rewarded one of our most active members.  There is still a chance to win and attend.  Listen for details and Join the Buzz Club to create buzz about your business.  Winner announced on the next podcast.

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