with technology being at the forefront of our fingers, yet a nation is becoming more and more divided. BET, and MTV stepped up for a town hall style special, tonight Friday July 8th at 10pm. The two popular networks along with their 7 other affiliates under the Viacom umbrella will air the #WhatNow special as well as live broadcast via Facebook and Youtube.
this is an opportunity for the youth, the leaders, everyone to tune in, brainstorm, unite and solve. Viewers are able to tweet in using the #WhatNow, and call in with input to the town hall meeting. Focused on Race and Violence in America due to the tragic week our country has seen, the special airs tonight at 10pm. The discussion will be moderated by Jamil Smith, Marc Lamont Hill, Charlamagne Tha God and Franchesca Ramsey. please tune in.
In a move toward more diversity within the company's administration and also to spark innovation since it has had a slow start to 2016 in terms of user growth. Twitter has added CEO of BET to Board of Directors. Twitter who has recently lost many top executives has been on an overhaul adding recently adding new board members including Hugh Johnston, Chief Financial Officer of Pepsi, and Martha Lane Fox, owner of travel site Lastminute.com. Twitter is aiming to attract new users and bring more mainstream appeal to the app. We're definitely eager to see some creative upgrades to the site.
