Black Media Ownership

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

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,…

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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…

2 weeks 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 weeks 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…

3 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.…

3 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,…

3 months ago

Byron Allen’s CBS Late-Night Slot Shows Why Distribution Is Power

Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed moving into CBS late night is more than a programming change. It shows how distribution, advertising…

3 months ago

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