The BTN OnLine Talent Directory is the first state-of-the-art searchable Internet directory of Blacks in entertainment. A partnership between Black Talent News, the leading Black entertainment industry trade publication and OnLine Production Services, the most-accessed online casting service in the world, the BTN OnLine Talent Directory combines the databases of both to offer a comprehensive Internet directory of Blacks in the entertainment industry - from actors and writers to directors and technicians. In June 2000, the base software for the BTN OnLine Talent Directory handled 430 breakdowns, 62,000 agent submissions, and cast over 2,025 roles in major films, television shows and commercials.

Black Talent News and OnLine recognized the critical need for providing access to an underrepresented community in the entertainment business, particularly as the industry responds to challenges to increase minority representation in television and film for on-screen and behind-the-camera talent. The BTN OnLine Talent Directory is an invaluable, high-tech, and easy-to-use directory for industry talent buyers to access diverse talent for jobs in front of, and behind, the cameras in film and television.

The BTN OnLine Talent Directory features personalized web-pages for Black talent, which can be accessed by talent buyers from around the world. The searchable database contains listings in the categories of actors, writers, directors, production personnel, singers and musicians and other industry professionals, services and businesses.

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About Black Talent News (www.blacktalentnews.com), dubbed "The Voice of Black Hollywood," is the only Black entertainment industry trade publication. With a readership of more than 20,000 (including industry professionals AND the general public), Black Talent News is sold on over 300 newsstands in the Los Angeles area and in select outlets in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington DC, San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego. Founded in 1994, Black Talent News is widely respected and read by professionals of all races, and at all levels of the entertainment industry. In addition to its publishing activities, Black Talent News is also the founding and presenting sponsor and producer of the annual Hollywood Black Film Festival and Infotainment Conference.

About Blacktalentnews.com is the online destination for news, information, products and services as they relate to Black entertainment. From useful content, related resources, expert advice tips and interactivity, Blacktalentnews.com is the world's first web site dedicated to bringing aspiring, beginning and veteran black entertainment industry professionals together in a virtual community devoted to providing tools, access, information, opportunity, professional resources, and a networking forum for the exchange of ideas and information. Blacktalentnews.com features late-breaking entertainment news (film, television, theatre, new media); black box office reports (grosses and analysis); movie reviews, summaries and trailers; industry events calendar; career opportunities; film and television production charts; interviews with leading industry professionals; and a weekly e-newsletter (BTN Weekly).

About OnLine Production Services Inc. (www.onps.com) is the most successful online casting service in North America with over 28,000 registered actors and 2,000 roles cast every month. Founded by Aerock Fox in 1995, two years ahead of the competition, OnLine released its first software product: the Casting Workbook. Its advanced design quickly made it the preeminent online breakdown and communication package in the film and television industry. Today, the Casting Workbook is the most used online casting service in the world with an average of 2,200 electronic portfolios being submitted daily. Utilizing the power of the Internet, OnLine's proprietary, leading-edge line of communications software increases efficiency in ways that were not considered possible just a few years ago. With offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles, OnLine is publicly traded on the OTC: BB trading symbol (ONPS).