IAM Green-Collar
Two D.C.-Based Media Companies Partner to Re-launch Online Urban Lifestyle Magazine
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 2009 –It’s A Movement Entertainment, LLC (IAM) has joined forces with N’KOSI, LLC, a green-collar media firm, to develop IAMOnlineMag.com, a chronicle of music, news, and fashion trends from urban areas around the world. IAM CEO Hamaas Khaalis, a former history major and rapper known as HK, previously launched the magazine with the URL IAM-Ent.com as an outlet for his music and passion for intelligent living. In less than a year, he led IAM-Ent to more than 65,000 monthly hits. In August, he signed on with N’KOSI and in two months the companies have developed a complete brand repositioning.
“I am excited about the partnership,” says N’KOSI founder Sia Tiambi Barnes. “The vision for IAM, a place where mainstream and underground culture connect, epitomizes what N’KOSI is about. That connection allows for the promotion of sustainability in creativity which is the foundation of how we live, the choices we make.”
“When it comes to progression and innovation from a media outlet IAMOnlineMag will be that standard,” adds on Khaalis.
Barnes, who is serving as Editor-in-Chief has written and edited for The Source magazine, maintained a daily music news column for Black Entertainment Television’s website (BET.com), and contributed to the Washington Post/Newsweek.Interactive environmentally focused affiliate, Sprig.com among other outlets. She is also a features contributor to J’Adore magazine and a contributing writer to HipHopWired.com.
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IAM Entertainment, LLC is an entertainment company founded in Washington, D.C. It operates a recording division as well as a publishing division. IAMOnlineMag.com is the company’s flagship product originally launched as IAM-Ent.com in 2007.
N’KOSI, LLC is a green-collar media firm that designs campaigns for artists, nonprofits, and corporations. N’KOSI was established in Washington, D.C. in 2007.
