Ownership Watch

Coverage tracking who owns the asset, platform, IP, audience, brand, land, data, or infrastructure behind the story.

Nigeria’s Ima Gas Field Sat Underground for 53 Years. A Nigerian Company Will Own 60% When It Finally Produces.

An offshore gas field discovered in 1973 is finally moving toward production. With a Nigerian company holding majority ownership and…

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Royal Caribbean Is Paying $3 Billion for Half of Sandals. The Bigger Story Is Who Owns Caribbean Tourism.

A Caribbean-built hospitality empire is entering a $3 billion partnership with a global cruise giant. The Stewart family retains half…

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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…

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Nairobi Won the 2029 World Athletics Championships. Now Comes the Ownership Test.

Africa will host the World Athletics Championships for the first time in 2029. The historic win puts Nairobi on the…

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U.S. Lends Africell Nearly $100M. Africa Faces a Bigger Ownership Question

The U.S. is financing nearly $100 million for Africell to buy American and allied telecom technology. But shifting suppliers does…

2 weeks ago

Jacob Coxon Quit Anthropic Over AI Risk. He Also Walked Away Before His Equity Vested

Jacob Coxon’s warning about advanced AI drew global attention. His decision to leave Anthropic before his equity vested raises another…

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Memphis Barbecue Has Deep Black Roots. Who Owns the Business It Became?

Memphis turned smoke, pork and generations of culinary knowledge into one of America's most recognizable regional food identities. The deeper…

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UN Votes to Correct Africa’s Size on World Maps as U.S. Casts Only No Vote

Africa won overwhelming UN support for maps that better reflect its true geographic scale. But changing the map raises a…

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A Black Brazilian Community Challenged a Lithium Mine. Then the Court Stopped Operations.

A Brazilian court halted operations at Sigma Lithium’s only producing mine after a challenge involving a nearby Quilombola community. The…

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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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