Black Media Ownership

Coverage of Black-owned media, content platforms, publishing, streaming, advertising control, audience ownership, and distribution power.

Who Owns the Upside From Power? 50 Cent’s Variety Interview Reveals a Bigger TV Economics Story

The public argument is about who deserves credit for Power. The bigger economic story is how creative authorship, audience demand,…

2 weeks ago

Black-Founded Vurt Is Taking Vertical Video to TV. The Bigger Question Is Who Controls Distribution.

The streaming company is expanding from smartphones to connected TVs while offering independent filmmakers nonexclusive licensing and a reported 50/50…

3 weeks ago

Michael Jordan Gave Morehouse $1 Million. Now It Has a Media Production Center.

The new Morehouse Multimedia Center gives students professional production tools and the college a foundation for building media capacity, developing…

1 month ago

MACRO Bought ALLBLK. The Bigger Prize Is the Direct Relationship With Black Viewers.

Charles D. King's media company is moving deeper into the value chain—adding streaming distribution, subscriber relationships and audience access to…

2 months ago

Don Lemon Built the Audience First. Now He Is Taking It to Television.

The Don Lemon Channel turns a familiar television model around: instead of a network supplying the audience to the talent,…

2 months ago

BlackSun Raised $1 Billion for Sports and Media. Now Comes the Real Ownership Test

A Black-led private-equity firm is targeting some of culture’s most valuable assets. The bigger economic question is who supplies the…

3 months ago

YouTube Is Doubling Its Monetization Barrier on the First Day of Black History Month

YouTube is set to double key Partner Program monetization thresholds for new creators on February 1, 2027. BEDC examines the…

3 months ago

The Black Church and the Digital Economy

The Black Church has long been a center of faith, organizing, education, mutual aid, and economic survival. In the AI…

5 months ago

Come for the Culture. Stay for the Economics Behind It.

Black culture is never just culture. It moves markets, creates value, shapes media, drives platforms, influences policy, and powers business.…

5 months ago

The Hidden Economics of Black Reality TV Franchises

Black reality TV was never just drama. From Love & Hip Hop to Basketball Wives and Love & Marriage: Huntsville,…

5 months ago

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