Saturday, January 21, 2012

Jan 26, 2012: January HPNG Latino Leaders Networking Event at Elmo @ The Lounge

Jan 26, 2012: January HPNG Latino Leaders Networking Event at Elmo @ The Lounge

Dear Colleague:
You're invited to the HPNG Latino Leaders Networking Event on January 26th in New York.
For many of us, a New Year often brings new plans, new goals and new hope for our future. Connecting with people that inspire you to stay focused on those new plans will go a long way in fulfilling your new goals.
Please join us as we proudly welcome:
Ms. Lucinda Martinez
Vice President, Domestic Network Distribution & Multicultural Marketing
HBO
Lucinda Martinez was named vice president, Domestic Network Distribution & Multicultural Marketing in 2006 and oversees all subscriber growth and retention strategies for HBO, HBO Latino and Cinemax brands and products, as well as targeted marketing efforts to the largest growing segments including African American, Latino, Asian and Gay/Lesbian markets.
Martinez first joined HBO in 1995, leaving in 1996 to relocate to Los Angeles. She rejoined HBO in 2003 as director, Direct Marketing, and named director, Strategic Partnerships and Emerging Markets in 2005.
Prior to rejoining HBO, Martinez worked for Comedy Central for over five years as affiliate sales and marketing director, and for GEMS International Television, from 1996 to 1998, as manager, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, Western Region. She began her career in consumer package goods for Avon Products in New York City in 1992 as merchandising/ethnic marketing manager.
Don't miss it, I'll see you there!
- Ali
Ali T. Curi
President
HPNG
New York | Miami | Chicago
OPEN BAR courtesy of Dewar's (www.dewars.com)
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: STATE FARM
http://www.hpng.net/ent/statefarm.php
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Jan 26, 2012: January HPNG Latino Leaders Networking Event at Elmo @ The Lounge
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:01:07 GMT

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Newt Gingrich Uses Racist “Southern Strategy” In S.C. Primary

Newt Gingrich Uses Racist “Southern Strategy” In S.C. Primary

WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich is leaning into his argument that President Barack Obama is a “food stamp president” and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts.

The pitch earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Gingrich has turned the moment into a TV ad as he works to claw his way to the top of the leader board in the closing days of the campaign for South Carolina’s primary on Saturday.

But that type of rhetoric is stoking concerns among some blacks that the political discourse is rewinding to the days of “Southern strategy” campaigning, when blacks were used as scapegoats to attract white votes.

Newt Gingrich Uses Racist “Southern Strategy” In S.C. Primary
Associated Press
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:59:24 GMT

Monday, January 16, 2012

Blue Note Planning Meatpacking District Jazz Club and Restaurant

Blue Note Planning Meatpacking District Jazz Club and Restaurant

January 13, 2012 8:14am | By Andrea Swalec, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

Blue Note is planning a still-unnamed, 272-seat venue and restaurant on Little West 12th Street, as of January 2012. (Facebook/Blue Note Records)

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Jazz club the Blue Note has been a Greenwich Village institution for more than three decades, and now it's trying to get a musical foothold on the Meatpacking District.

The club's owner is planning a three-floor venue at 22 Little W. 12th St., with dining rooms on the landmarked building's sixth and seventh floors and a small live music venue in the basement, he said at a Thursday night meeting of Community Board 2's State Liquor Authority advisory committee.

"The late-night jam session in New York — we're hoping to reestablish that in this location," said Steve Bensusan, who owns Blue Note, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in Midtown and the Highline Ballroom in Chelsea.

The 80-person-capacity basement club would feature "jazz, live music and R&B" and provide "room to develop new artists," he said.

The name of the new venue would "most likely not be 'Blue Note,'" representative Frank Heidinger said. Rather, its name may evoke the Japanese food it plans to serve.

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