Interactive One's The Urban Daily Launches New Integrated Video Series In Partnership With Toyota

Interactive One's The Urban Daily Launches New Integrated Video Series In Partnership With Toyota

"Summertime Remixed" explores popular destinations and adventures off the beaten path across ten U.S. markets this summer

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading pop culture website TheUrbanDaily.com debuts "Summertime, Remixed," a video and editorial series in partnership with Toyota. "Summertime, Remixed" will showcase the summer's must-see places, events and points of interest around the country. Each episode features a city's well-known attraction and then show how an experience in that city can be "remixed" by traveling locally to explore destinations off the beaten path. An episode in New York City visits the popular Sundae Sermon party series before taking viewers on a quick trip across Harlem to a different kind of musical party--Uptown Fridays at The Studio Museum of Harlem.

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Interactive One, is rapidly expanding its video content across its suite of sites with features that resonate with a variety of African American audiences. The videos serve as another Interactive One content offering available to marketers seeking more engaging brand integration opportunities. "Summertime, Remixed" comes on the heels of other recently sponsored branded videos by brands including Ambi, CoverGirl, Gillette and Honda.

"We've worked with our valued partner Toyota for years to bring their products and messages closer to the African-American community," said Keith Bowen, Chief Revenue Officer, Interactive One. "With TheUrbanDaily's year-over-year growth of 36% and our expanded video content that speaks directly to our audience, the Toyota Rav 4 partnership was a natural fit."

Interactive One's editorial and integrated marketing teams are working together on the ten city series that will travel to New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Richmond, Houston, Detroit, Dallas, Charlotte, Miami and Philadelphia. To view this video series and more, visit http://theurbandaily.com/category/summertime-remixed/.

ABOUT INTERACTIVE ONE
Interactive One has more than 15 million members and reaches millions of Black Americans each month. With approximately 3 billion annual page views on its suite of sites, the company has become the definitive online resource for Black America through it's suite of social, content and radio sites such as the iconic BlackPlanet (www.BlackPlanet.com), the newly launched BlackPlanetNEXT (www.BlackPlanetNEXT.com), and the new BlackPlanet RADIO (www.BlackPlanetRadio.com), the digital industry's first social radio website created for the African American community. Interactive One is also home to several leading content sites including: NewsOne (www.NewsOne.com), which provides up to the minute, comprehensive coverage of newsworthy events relevant to Black Americans across the country and the world; TheUrbanDaily (www.TheUrbanDaily.com), the eyes and ears for Black Americans looking for what's hot online, on the airwaves, in theaters, and on the street; HelloBeautiful (www.HelloBeautiful.com), the definitive lifestyle resource for today's Black woman; Elev8 (www.Elev8.com) a site devoted to elevating the mind, body and spirit.

Interactive One was launched by Radio One, Inc. in 2008 to complement Radio One's existing portfolio of media companies targeting Black Americans. Since its launch, Interactive One has quickly become the #1 online platform for the African American community. Interactive One is powered by the mission to create an online community that engages and positively impacts the lives of African Americans.

SOURCE Interactive One

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CONTACT: Kristen Tate Communications, +1-646-452-8747, kristen@kristentate.com

Web Site: http://www.TheUrbanDaily.com


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