The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leonard Burnett, Jr.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 55 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2014.148
Subjects

Other author/creatorBurnett, Leonard E., 1964- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCole, Harriette, interviewer.
Other author/creatorFeldman, Isaac, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Leonard Burnett, Jr.
Portion of title Leonard Burnett, Jr.
Abstract Magazine publishing entrepreneur and executive Leonard Burnett was born on April 18, 1964 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He attended the University of Michigan and transferred to Florida A&M university where he earned his B.B.A. degree in business, management and marketing in 1986. Burnett began his career as an entrepreneur in 1987, when he launched his first magazine, Urban Profile, with his classmate, Keith Clinkscales. After selling Urban Profile to Career Communications Group, Burnett helped start Vibe magazine in 1993. He served as a publisher for Vibe magazine until 1999, and then started Vanguard Media Group, the publisher of Savoy, Honey, and Heart & Soul. In 2004, Burnett created Uptown Media Group and published Uptown magazine. When Vibe was relaunched in 2009, he served as publisher for the magazine until 2012. He is considered an expert on African-American buying power, brand building, and marketing to both urban and affluent Africana-American communities.
CreditsVideographer, Isaac Feldman.
Performer Harriette Cole, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded New York, New York 2014 September 10.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2014.148 HistoryMakers

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