Media & Distribution

Dame Dash’s Life Story Drew a $550,000 Bid. Now Bankruptcy Is Testing Who Controls the Narrative.

A bankruptcy auction put a $550,000 price on commercial rights tied to Dame Dash’s story, archives and unfinished film project.…

1 week ago

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

Rihanna Turned a TikTok Live Into a Storefront. That Changes the Economics of Celebrity Attention.

Fenty Beauty says its first 12-hour TikTok Shop Mega Live generated more than 53 million impressions and 1 million unique…

3 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

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

Jay-Z’s HBO Series Shows How Old Music Creates New Value

“JAŸ-Z in 8” arrives after a summer of stadium shows, anniversary activations and renewed attention around Jay-Z’s catalog. But the…

2 months ago

Black Culture Builds the Crowd. The Bigger Money May Be in Who Controls Access to It

Live Nation Urban is expanding beyond live events into audience data, sponsorship, creators and IP. Live Nation’s financials reveal why…

2 months ago

Swiss Museums Return 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria After 1897 Looting

Switzerland’s return of 18 looted Benin objects to Nigeria is a cultural milestone. The deeper question is whether the value…

4 months ago

JAŸ-Z’s Yankee Stadium Record Shows the Business Power of Owned Legacy

With 44,916 fans reported for night one, JAŸ-Z’s anniversary concert was not just a hip-hop milestone. It was a case…

4 months ago

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