Byron Allen steps into $9.6 Billion sports deal Byron Allen, the comedian and onetime TV host who’s building a broad-based entertainment empire, is now one of the backers behind the biggest deal in sports media in years. Read more from Bloomberg.... Read More...
Sinclair Broadcasting buys regional sports network, Byron Allen is equity partner Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to buy 21 regional sports networks and Fox College Sports from the Walt Disney Co. for $9.6 billion. As part of the deal, entertainment entrepreneur Byron Allen has agreed... Read More...
Entertainment and Sports Marketers Convene at MOBE Symposium All roads lead to Newark on April 25-26 for the MOBE Symposium. An acronym for Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment, MOBE has long been recognized as a respected marketing conference for Black ... Read More...
Akon thinks Black artists are stupid for not performing at the Super Bowl For the Super Bowl and many Black artists (not just Black, even P!nk) decided to stand with Colin Kaepernick and not perform at the Super Bowl. Well, Akon thinks they are “stupid.” TMZ specifically asked... Read More...
Rihanna Turned Down Super Bowl Halftime Performance Rihanna turned down an opportunity to headline the halftime show at Super Bowl LIII in a show of support to Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has been exiled from the NFL followin... Read More...
Atlanta Falcons hire Ryan Cameron as game announcer at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Former V-103 host Ryan Cameron will be adding to his sports announcing duties by becoming the game-day announcer at Mercedes Benz Stadium for Atlanta Falcons games starting next month. Read more from Atlanta Jo... Read More...
“Undefeated” – An Anthem Celebrating the Black Female Athlete https://youtu.be/wDLZYygIMQI Rayana Jay - The Undefeated Part of a project by ESPN’s The Undefeated and Morgan State University on the portrayal of black female athletes. The Undefeated and Disney Music G... Read More...
Jay-Z named President of Puma Basketball As part of its aggressive commitment to relaunch its basketball sneaker category for the first time in 20 years, Puma on Monday announced that rapper and business mogul Jay-Z has been named president of Puma Ba... Read More...
Ice Cube – Qatar Dispute Linked to White House & Steve Bannon What started as a typical contract dispute between actor- rapper- business mogul Ice Cube and Qatari investors over failure to deliver agreed upon payments to Ice Cube’s professional 3-on-3 basketball l... Read More...
Ice Cube Calls Out Trump in Full Page NY Times Ad “When you meet today with Putin’s new friend, Emir of Qatar, please tell him not to threaten the Big3 and American athletes!,” read a full page ad in the New York Times placed by Ice Cube and directed t... Read More...
