Nightly Business Report, Black Enterprise join for MLK Day programming

(January 15, 2008) PBS Network's Nightly Business Report, the most watched daily business news program on television, will team up with Black Enterprise, the premier business and financial resource for African Americans, for a special program called American Dreamers. The program will feature three young African American entrepreneurs pursuing the American dream:

American Dreamers airs Jan. 21, 2008, on Martin Luther King Day (during Nightly Business Report's regularly scheduled time periods) and features a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing minority entrepreneurs led by Nightly Business Report anchor Susie Gharib. Her guests include Black Enterprise Editorial Director Alan Hughes and Dr. Thomas Boston, economist and founder of the Gazelle Index. Gharib will also talk one-on-one with William Mays, founder of Indianapolis-based Mays Chemical Co., about what it took to build his $172 million-a-year business and his new role as angel investor to an up-and-coming entrepreneur.

"By discussing the challenges of today's African American entrepreneurs and profiling those who are succeeding in today's tough business climate, our collaboration with Nightly Business Report offers great insight into the state of black business," says Alan Hughes, Black Enterprise Editorial Director. Hughes worked closely with the NBR team to put the program together. "I'm looking forward to more such projects in the future."

"This is our first partnership with Black Enterprise magazine and it has been terrific for both of us," said Rodney Ward, executive editor and senior vice president, Nightly Business Report. "We are already in discussions to extend our relationship beyond the American Dreamers special edition."

For almost three decades, the award-winning Nightly Business Report has provided business news in a fast-paced format. Timely investment information helps viewers manage their money and stay abreast of news that affects their portfolios. Nightly Business Report premiered as a Miami regional program on Jan. 22, 1979, with national distribution beginning in 1981. Nightly Business Report is distributed live to public television stations at 6:30 p.m. EST every weeknight. Local broadcast times vary.

Since 1970, Black Enterprise has provided essential business information and advice to professionals, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and decision makers. Every month, Black Enterprise magazine provides 3.9 million readers with information on entrepreneurship, careers, and financial management.

A multimedia company, BE also produces radio and television programming, business and lifestyle events, Web content, and digital media. Black Enterprise is the definitive source of information for and about African American business markets and leaders, and the authority on black business news and trends.


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