Latest News Archive

February 6, 2012
RLJ Cos. chairman starts jobs Web site for minorities, published by The Washington Post, Capital Business

February 2, 2012
BET Founder: NFL Rule Would Reduce Minority Unemployment, published by NASDAQ Dow Jones Newswire

February 1, 2012
Jobs In America, Using A Football Rule To Create Employment Opportunities, published by NAPS

February 1, 2012
Private Equity Perspective: The RLJ Rule, published in Mergers & Acquisitions

January 5, 2012
RLJ Companies Riding Out Economic Storm, published by The Washington Informer

January 3, 2012
Empowering African-Americans, an Interview with Robert L. Johnson, published in LEADERS

December 19, 2011
Post 200, published by The Washington Post, Capital Business

December 16, 2011
Obama and Black Caucus reach common ground, published online at TheGrio.com

November 30, 2011
Robert L. Johnson Op-ed: How Boards Can Make the Right Call on Diversity, featured in AGENDA

November 14, 2011
No Ranting and Raving Is Permitted, The New York Times

October 21, 2011
Government should get out of the way, published in The Washington Post's Capital Business

October 11, 2011
Robert Johnson, First Black American Billionaire, Proposes Plan To Reduce Black Unemployment, featured in Huffington Post Business

October 4, 2011
From The Wall Street Journal, Notable & Quotable: Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson on President Obama and the wealthy

October 3, 2011
Robert L. Johnson Calls for Business Version of 'Rooney Rule' as featured online at TheRoot.com

September 27, 2011
CEO to DC politicians, Think 'one-term', Robert L. Johnson featured on CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley

September 19, 2011
In hotel investment, there’s no vacancy for women, featured in The Washington Post

September 15, 2011
Urban Business Roundtable Spotlight -- Master Entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson, published online by Black Enterprise

September 2, 2011
On unemployment, black leaders press Obama, featured at Politico.com

July 28, 2011
BET founder weighs in on the debt crisis, The Grio.com

July 27, 2011
BET founder Private equity can help fund new dealers, published in Automotive News

June 21, 2011
The Root.com, Morgan Freeman and Bob Johnson: Fundraising Team

May 31, 2011
Hollywood's Black Movers and Shakers as published online at The Root.com

May 31, 2011
RLJ Lodging Trust Visits the New York Stock Exchange

May 26, 2011
Christopher & Banks Corporation Names Lisa W. Pickrum to Its Board of Directors

May 5, 2011
Jumping the Broom takes a different comedic turn as featured in the Los Angeles Times

May 3, 2011
Jumping the Broom interviews as featured in select media

April 29, 2011
Jumping the Broom as published online at Variety.com

February 19, 2011
BET Founder Robert Johnson's Liberian Resort -- An Oasis of Calm as published in AOL's Daily Finance

January 20, 2011
Renaissance Hotel Downtown sold for $45.4 million.Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

January 18, 2011
RLJ Buys Doubletree as published in The Wall Street Journal

December 8, 2010
RLJ Plots SPAC, published by Mergers Acquisitions

December 6, 2010
Johnson wheels and deals to fulfill ambitions for RLJ, featured in Capital Business published by The Washington Post

December 2, 2010
BET founder Robert L. Johnson reflects on Boomer generation, featured in USA Today

November 9, 2010
BET Founder Warns Dems -- Lose Jim Clyburn, Lose Black Voters, as featured in NewsOne

October 29, 2010
Bob Johnson Urges African Americans to Support Liberia, published by The Root.com

September 29, 2010
Bob Johnson: We Need Access to Capital -- featured in The Network Journal

September 13, 2010
RLJ McLarty Landers Executive Named to the 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry List

July 26, 2010
'Wealth Gap' Threatening African Americans. published by CNBC.com

July 16, 2010
BET founder to build spa resort in war-torn Liberia, CNN Marketplace Africa

June 25, 2010
BET entrepreneur Johnson collaborates to rebuild Haiti as published by the Maryland Gazette

June 24, 2010
Alliance planning homes for Haiti, The Miami Herald

June 24, 2010
The RLJ Companies Adds Partners in Haiti Housing Project featured in Black Enterprise Online

May 26, 2010
Op-ed: Raising Taxes on 'carried interest' will hurt Main Street, by Robert L. Johnson as published in The Hill

May 25, 2010
Raising Carried Interest Taxes Is a 'Bad Deal': Robert Johnson

April 26, 2010
The Barriers That Hold Back Minority Entrepreneurs, featured in Capital Business published by the Washington Post

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