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Penny Black: ‘First’ piece of mail sent using a stamp could fetch up to $2.5 million at auction

The first known piece of mail sent using a prepaid stamp — “one of the greatest leaps forward in human communication” — could fetch between $1.5 million and $2.5 million when it comes up for auction ...
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Prentice Penny Wanted This Celeb For 'Black Twitter' Doc

We’re just days away from the arrival of the new Onyx Collective documentary Black Twitter: A People’s History on HULU. Based on Jason Parham’s WIRED cover story “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” ...
Deadline.com

Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Prentice Penny Discusses Black Twitter Docuseries And How Black Twitter Influenced Social Media Platforms

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am your host Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today, I’m chatting with Prentice Penny, an Emmy nominated, Peabody, ...
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Twitter may be no more, but a new docuseries from Prentice Penny shows Black Twitter’s influence is forever

Twitter may no longer be Twitter, but the presence of Black Twitter is still being felt. If you doubt that, just hop over to X (the platform formally known as Twitter) and search for the recent ...
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Doc Talk Podcast Dives Into ‘Black Twitter’ With Director Prentice Penny, Takes On Elon Musk’s Ownership Of Social Media Platform

Elon Musk’s positions on race and racism can be viewed as problematic, to say the least — much like his ownership of Twitter/X, one of the foremost means of modern communication. He has used the ...