Hummer Press Releases

BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE), along with General Motors (GM), announced today that GM, the world's largest automotive manufacturer, will return to host the 2007 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo for the fourth consecutive year.

This year's conference, themed Business is Changing ... and so Are We, will take place May 9-12 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. As the nation's foremost African American event for business information and networking, the Entrepreneurs Conference consistently attracts more than 1,500 of the nation's most prominent business leaders.

"Since its inception, the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference has brought together the nation's most influential corporate executives and black business owners for one purpose -- to make deals," says Michael A. Graves, Black Enterprise Executive VP/Corporate Sales. "In order to ensure the perfect backdrop for this year's event, BE is taking the conference to Walt Disn...

Journalists seeking broadcast-standard video from General Motors can now download video digitally and instantly from the GM website: http://media.gm.com.

General Motors Corp. (GM), the world's largest automaker, manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries and is a major source of video content to newsrooms around the globe reporting on a range of auto, business and lifestyle stories. GM's move to enable broadcast-standard video downloadable digitally from its website means news organizations can source and acquire top-quality video on-demand.

Media demand for video content has been growing exponentially as broadband penetration across the globe has accelerated. GM's move recognizes that news deadlines and news gathering trends today demand fast and easy access to video content.

GM was the first automaker to adopt digital distribution of video content when it began making its video available on ww...

Dealix Corporation, the market expert and leader in automotive Internet marketing services and a division of The Cobalt Group, Inc., announced today that it is the No. 1 new car lead provider to the Top 100 Automotive Internet Retailers. According to Auto Dealer Monthly Magazine's annual study, more of the Top 100 Internet Retailers, as defined by total Internet-generated vehicle sales in 2005, use Dealix than any other new car lead provider. This is the second year in a row that Dealix has earned this honor.

"In an industry that is facing challenges on a variety of fronts, seeing the growing success of these dealers each year is very inspiring," said Greg Goebel, CEO of Auto Dealer Monthly. "By helping dealers connect with more car buyers more efficiently, Internet service providers like Dealix play an enormous role in helping them be successful in today's market."

"Sales stemming from Internet leads are the basis of our overall sales growth," said Ed Harris, Internet sales di...