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| Company type | Social networking company |
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| Founded | 1999[1] |
| Founder | Benjamin Sun Omar Wasow |
| Headquarters | 205 Hudson Street, 6th Floor , New York, New York USA |
| Owner | Urban One |
| Website | blackplanet |
BlackPlanet is an African-American social networking service for matchmaking and job postings. The company website also contains forums for discussion of political and social issues.[2]
BlackPlanet was launched by internet analyst Omar Wasow on September 1, 2001. Wasow had previously created a pre-web community dubbed New York Online in 1993 with Community Connect's CEO, Benjamin Sun.[2]
- ^ "Blackplanet.com". Archived from the original on October 11, 1999. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ a b Corcoran, Cate R. (2004-04-01), "BlackPlanet's Universe" (PDF), Stanford Magazine, retrieved 2011-04-19
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