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BlackPlanet

CTL-E-4510 · Institution · company · 1999-present

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

African-American social networking service launched September 1, 1999 by Omar Wasow with Benjamin Sun; one of the first large-scale social networks, cited by the Myspace founders as a model; sold to Radio One for $38M in 2008.

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RELP104 new supporting entity: 3 claims + evidence. Name-collision check clean.

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Record CTL-E-4510 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 1 source · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: TECH-001, RELP-001.
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