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Blackvoices.com was an American website with content targeted towardsAfrican-American culture. Founded in 1995, by Barry Cooper, it first appeared as a link on theOrlando Sentinel website.^[1] After being sold twice, it has become a subsection namedBlack Voices on theHuffPost website.

Early on, website received a five million-dollar investment fromTribune Company, the parent company of theOrlando Sentinel. From there, Blackvoices.com grew and eventually gained over a million registered users.^{[citation needed]} Later, the site was sold toAOL-Time Warner. Although the site had content targeted towardsAfrican-American culture, the site was no longer black-owned.

At its peak, Blackvoices.com was structured with news articles, amessageboard, andblogs. Users had to be a member ofAOL to join the site.

In October 2000,General Motors announced a multimillion-dollar three-year deal to advertise on the site.^[2][3]

Some members were upset with the sale of Blackvoices.com from Tribune to AOL and then from AOL toThe Huffington Post. Although under AOL the messageboard stayed intact with some changes,The Huffington Post has removed the messageboard.

• Manor, Robert (February 13, 2004).“AOL acquires Tribune Co.'s BlackVoices Internet site.”Chicago Tribune.
• Lazaroff, Leon (December 20, 2003).“BlackVoices Web site faces shutdown.”Chicago Tribune.(subscription required)
• Wilde, Candee (February 7, 2000).“Recruiters Discover Diverse Value In Web Sites".Information Week Magazine, pp. 2–3.
• “AOL Appoints New Chief of Black Voices Service.”. July 11, 2005,The Washington Post.(subscription required)
• Hawkins Jr., Lee (October 13, 1997).“Black Voices heard on the Web: Lack of competition helps fuel growth of service for African-Americans.”Journal Sentinel.(subscription required)
• “BET and Partners to Launch Black-oriented Portal with a $35 Million Investment, BET.com Aims to Attract One of the Fastest -Growing Segments of Online Users.” August 13, 1999.Philadelphia Inquirer.(subscription required)

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