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January 6, 2015
Naylor LLC, an RLJ Equity Partners’ portfolio company, acquires Timberlake Membership Softwar
RLJ Equity Partners, LLC and Naylor Association Solutions today announced the acquisition of Fairfax, VA-based Timberlake Membership Software, a leading provider of management software solutions to associations and non-profit groups.
December 14, 2014
BET founder Bob Johnson wants a Rooney Rule for business, published by Marketplace
Bob Johnson, the first black billionaire and founder of BET,has an idea for how to diversify the workplace: use the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires interviewing minorities for football production jobs.
December 14, 2014
Live Episode! Black Entertainment Television Founder: Robert L. Johnson
In 1979, Robert L. Johnson was a lobbyist for the burgeoning cable industry. That’s when he got an idea for a channel called Black Entertainment Television. He started small, just a few hours of programming a week. But by the 1990s BET had become a cultural touchstone. In 2001, he sold BET to Viacom for…
