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GRAMMY RE-CAP
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: BISHOP WAYNE
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TIME, TESTED + TRUE FEATURED MUSIC FROM GIL SCOTT-HERON, ALEX BUGNON, PATRICE RUSHEN, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, MAYSA AND WHITNEY HOUSTON COVER STORY OF SOLDIERS, SAVIORS AND HEARTBREAKERS – THE NEW SADE HOTTNESS 2010 CADILLAC SRX… SUPERB PERFORMANCE, SUBTLE ELEGANCE AND 2010 BUICK LACROSSE… BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: RISING STAR ARIKA KANE
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INSPIRED EDITOR’S NOTES
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INSPIRED WE HEARD
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REFLECTIONS BY MARILYN A. BATCHELOR
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INSPIRED ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: BRO. JOEL MASSEY
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REMEMBERING TEDDY PENDERGRASS
K E E P I N G
Y O U
I N D U S T R Y
PUBLISHER/CEO
C O N N E C T E D
Miller London
EDITORIAL VICE PRESIDENT/MANAGING EDITOR Tosha Y. Thomas MUSIC EDITOR A. Scott Galloway THEINDI/LAKEVIEW MEDIA PUBLISHER Ron Daniels EDITOR Rhonda Hyman GOSPEL/URBAN INSPIRED URBAN INSPIRED EDITOR Lin. Woods CONTRIBUTOR Licia Shearer CONTRIBUTOR Marvin Woods, Jr. MIC CHECK/HIP-HOP
Justin Miller L I F E S T Y L E / FA S H I O N LIFESTYLE EDITOR Tosha Y. Thomas ART ART DIRECTOR Vera Paras GRAPHIC DESIGN Delvin Stevenson WEST COAST CONTRIBUTORS
The Urban Buzz, Tiffany Jameson EAST COAST CONTRIBUTORS
Isha Edwards, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Gerald A. Radford SALES & ADVERTISING
Miller London mlondon@urbannetwork.com SR. ACCOUNTS MGR. INDEPENDENT LABELS David Lilly dlilly@urbannetwork.com HOME VIDEO/THEATRICAL RELEASES Ron Daniels 661.947.6904 DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE AFFAIRS Warren Griffin Jr. flawless@urbannetwork.com MAJOR LABELS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM VP/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SPECIAL EVENTS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DIRECTOR, UN RADIO & UN TV INDEPENDENT LABEL RELATIONS/MUSIC DIR., UN RADIO/UNTV INDEPENDENT ARTISTS RELATIONS
Arthur Mitchell San Diego - 619.401.4014 Shataya Mitchell 404.447.3029 Chanda Simon D.C. Ensley Harold Whaley 619.717.6019 Kevin Briscoe 619.401.4014 Steven Topham 619.401.4014
C I R C U L AT I O N
David Lilly C O N F E R E N C E C O O R D I N AT O R
Carole Carper/PMI MARKETING SERVICES MAINSTREAM/URBAN AC CD GOSPEL/URBAN INSPIRED CD COMPILATION DVD
Tosha Y. Thomas Lin. Woods David Lilly
WEB DESIGN
Vera Paras
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