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It’s been an eventful week for Black media, with outlets including Ebony, Jet and Grio all selling to new ownership. First up, Johnson Publishing sold Ebony (est. 1945) to a large Texas equity firm, Clear View Group according to an announcement Tuesday. Likewise, sister publication Jet magazine (est. 1951) has also been sold, although it has […]

TV One saw a major leap in its ratings when the network aired its first feature film Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story. According to the network, the movie – which premiered on June 12 – broke record ratings and became the top original movie in network history. It drew in 2 million […]

Get In the Know With Kim’s Wednesday News & Headlines INDIANAPOLIS HEADLINES: The man who drove his damaged truck to the city county building with a woman inside who’d been shot multiple times, will be in court this morning for her murder. William Smith said someone opened fire on his truck severely injuring Azya Knowles, […]

A group of Black media owners have filed a $20 billion federal lawsuit against Comcast, Time Warner, Inc., the Rev. Al Sharpton, the NAACP and the National…

Mablean Ephriam, who presided as judge for seven seasons on “Divorce Court” from 1999-2006, will star in the new show, “Justice With Judge Mablean” for Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios. Allen’s company has four other court shows: “Justice For All With Christina Perez,” “We The People With Gloria Allred,” “America’s Court With Judge Ross” and its […]

  *Judge Mablean will return to television next year in a new syndicated court series. Mablean Ephriam, who presided as judge for seven seasons on…

Kevin Frazier talks with the crew about Byron Allen’s latest sitcoms and Ne-yo’s gig at Motown. Listen to it here (Source: Black America Web)