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Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios announced its acquisition of the New York-based African-American-focused digital news platform TheGrio on Tuesday night. “David Wilson and his founding partner Dan Woolsey have done an incredible job these past seven years building TheGrio, and we are one thousand percent committed to continue expanding this digital news community’s reach across all global media platforms, including our broadcast television syndication programs, cable television networks, and motion picture division,” Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Entertainment Studios, said in a statement to TheWrap. “We plan on investing heavily in digital publishing, and TheGrio has an excellent management team,...
- 6/15/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Amber Payne, a former “Nightly News” producer, speaks to TheWrap about NBC’s website targeting African-American issues
Just days after NBC News launched its new black-oriented website, Nbcblk, the site is already facing criticism. NBC introduced the website with a soft launch on Jan. 12. While some media analysts and social media users have praised its focus on politics, culture and social issues affecting the black community, others are calling it divisive.
Among the critics, entertainment website The Reel Network, which accused Nbcblk of “widening the chasm that exists between races,” in an editorial published Wednesday. While Richard Prince, diversity issues columnist for the Maynard Institute,...
Just days after NBC News launched its new black-oriented website, Nbcblk, the site is already facing criticism. NBC introduced the website with a soft launch on Jan. 12. While some media analysts and social media users have praised its focus on politics, culture and social issues affecting the black community, others are calling it divisive.
Among the critics, entertainment website The Reel Network, which accused Nbcblk of “widening the chasm that exists between races,” in an editorial published Wednesday. While Richard Prince, diversity issues columnist for the Maynard Institute,...
- 1/22/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
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