Ed Gordon to host show on NPR.

Former BET Tonight host and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ed Gordon heads to National Public Radio to host a new public affairs show, a move that comes on the heels of Tavis Smiley's departure from NPR NPR

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Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . The one-hour program broadcasts on 86 NPR member stations and focuses on topics relevant to African Americans. News & Notes with Ed Gordon is a collaboration between NPR, the African American Public Radio Consortium, and Gordon.

Grammy Award-winning rap star Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter plans to do with Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings is an United States based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. Company history
Beginnings
Def Jam was founded by Rick Rubin in his dorm room at New York University. what he did with Roc-A-Fella Records now that he is the label's new president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Carter is working directly under Antonio "L.A." Reid, chairman of the Island Def Jam Here is a list of artists signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group. 0-9

The 88 (Island/IDJMG)
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A Girl Called Jane (Island/IDJMG)
Annie (Island/IDJMG)

Music Group (a division of Universal). "After 10 years of successfully running Roc-A-Fella," Reid announced, "Shawn has proven himself to be an astute businessman, in addition to the brilliant artistic talent that the world sees and hears. I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and move the company into its next groundbreaking era," Carter also will continue to run Roc-A-Fella, which was purchased by IDJ IDJ Island Def Jam .

A group of prominent African Americans have been chosen to help establish a museum that will chronicle everything from slavery to the Harlem Renaissance, Entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey, Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal. American Express CEO Ken Chenault, BET founder Bob Johnson, and music legend Quincy Jones are among those appointed to the founding council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture This article or section contains information about a planned museum.
It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change as the construction and/or completion of the museum approaches. . Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is expected to cost between $300 million and $400 million.

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Author:	Brown, Carolyn M.
Publication:	Black Enterprise
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Date:	Mar 1, 2005
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