Spin: where did we go wrong with black media

[Ol’Otis]

BET
TvOne
Essence
Ebony
Blavity
RollingOut
Complex
HipHop
R&B
Etc....
all white owned as of 2016

 

[Ol’Otis]

how do we rebuild and how do we keep this shyt out of cac hands

 

[Barnett114]

BET
TvOne
Essence
Ebony
Blavity
RollingOut
Complex
HipHop
R&B
Etc....
all white owned as of 2016

TV One is actually black owned but it's really simple, don't be short sighted and sell out for the money

 

[TEH]

its too late ...

because too many of us can be bought ...

what I mean is that even if we make something new some c00n will sell it out for a pat on the back

 

[Paper Boi]

the consumers didn't go wrong. the ownership sold out in many cases.

 

[Ol’Otis]

we need to get our venture capital game up

or at least boot strap

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

As far as the content when it comes to the music channels, imo this is what changed everything.

This is what started BET, VH1 and MTV to transform into reality channels instead of music. The execs realized the shift in focus was coming, and jumped ahead of the game.

 

[Knuckles Red]

Major networks moved on to seek out, and capitalize on, more "mainstream" demographics which is why there were less, and less black sitcoms near the end of the 90s. By the mid-2000s, WB and UPN

were pretty much the last two staple channels for black sitcoms. They both began to phase out their black shows, move away from the genre all together and of course merge to follow in the same direction

of their main competitors.

 

[Nemesis]

TV One is actually black owned but it's really simple, don't be short sighted and sell out for the money

close thread/

 

[feelosofer]

We sold out for the short money, instead of playing the long game. The only avenue we can still get a foot hold is in the digital space.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

Who owns TVOne, Blavity, and RollingOut?

 

[Will Ross]

It's plenty of independent black media online for us to enjoy.

 

[Barnett114]

Who owns TVOne, Blavity, and RollingOut?

Radio One owns TV One and here is it's CEO/Founder/Chairman

 

[MegaManX]

simple reason why black sands isnt hitting the "main stream" black media.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

Radio One owns TV One and here is it's CEO/Founder/Chairman

And here's the founder and CEO of Blavity: Morgan DeBaun (@MorganDeBaun) on Twitter


So did OP just start pulling shyt out his ass to make a thread?