Byron Allen / Getty *General Motors canceled a virtual meeting scheduled for Thursday between CEO Mary Barra and several Black-owned media executives who called her out in an ad this week. As EURweb.com previously reported, Barra has agreed to meet with the group after Byron Allen, who is the founder, chairman, and chief executive […]
Byron Allen *Media mogul Byron Allen announced in September that he is interested in acquiring ABC from Disney for $10 billion. “I think ABC’s a real possibility. They say they’re not ready,” Allen said at the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery’s Visionary Ball on Wednesday night, Variety reports. “When they’re ready I’m going to chase […]
*LOS ANGELES — Byron Allen‘s Entertainment Studios (ES) and the National Association of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM) – plaintiffs in federal lawsuits filed against Comcast and Charter Communications – are pleased to announce two decisions issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Byron Allen. Founder/Chairman/CEO, Entertainment Studios. The lawsuits were filed against two of the largest cable […]
Byron Allen & Lee Cowan / CBS News *Byron Allen, head of a major media company that includes the Weather Channel, TV stations, cable networks and more, says he sees his company as leverage to affect real change in the way corporate America does business, in an interview with Lee Cowan for CBS SUNDAY […]
Byron Allen and Tyler Perry are seen at NATPE Miami 2019 – Tyler Perry Keynote “Living the Dream: A Career in Content” at the Fontainebleau Hotel on January 21, 2019, in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images) *Tyler Perry and Byron Allen are reportedly interested in buying BET (Black Entertainment Television) as […]
TV personality Byron Allen attends the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 27, 2016 in Santa Monica, California. *Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Inc., one of the largest independent producers and distributors of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations, has acquired the New York-based digital news platform TheGrio, reports Deadline.com. TheGrio initially launched […]
*General Motors CEO Mary Barra has agreed to meet with Black-owned media leaders after Byron Allen took out a full-page ad on page 3A in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, accusing Barra of racism for refusing to meet with them “consistently, over time and after multiple requests.” The ad is signed by the heads of the […]
*Recently, Allen Media Group, owned by Byron Allen, purchased the Black News Channel for $11 million. Initially, media observers of African descent celebrated the purchase as signifying an increase in major black-owned media outlets. Which is a good thing, right? Well, it depends on how you look at it. In the midst of a dialectic […]
* Byron Allen and Comcast have settled their long-running racial discrimination dispute. As part of a settlement announced Thursday, Comcast will carry Allen’s Comedy.TV, Recipe.TV and JusticeCentral.TV — via its Xfinity cable television packages, NBC News reports. Allen sued Comcast for $20 billion in 2015 for refusing to carry his lifestyle channels, arguing that it […]
Byron Allen (Entertainment Studios) *Byron Allen is making serious money moves again. The Hollywood based media mogul is purchasing 11 more television stations, according to Variety.com. The deal, worth $290 million, with Atlanta-based USA Television, brings Allen’s investments this year in small- and mid-sized market TV stations to $455 million. The stations Allen is […]
Byron Allen attends the 24th Annual Race To Erase MS Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 5, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. *Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, which worked with The Fyzz Facility on the shark-themed indie hit “47 Meters Down,” is reteaming with the production company for the planned sequel, “48 Meters […]
[…] something that I’m very focused on and it’s long overdue. We can’t just play the game, we have to own the game.” Allen also discusses his upcoming special Byron Allen Presents theGrio Awards and his inspiration behind the show airing on CBS. “I just wanted to celebrate excellence that happens in Black America,” says Allen. “We’ve […]
*A federal judge earlier this week Okayed a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Byron Allen against McDonald’s to proceed. This was after the judge rejected a motion to dismiss the suit. Allen is the founder and chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group, which sued the fast-food giant in May. In his complaint, Allen alleges […]
*We all know comedian/entrepreneur/entertainment mogul Byron Allen is not shy about telling the world of his disdain for Rev. Al Sharpton primarily because of a Comcast business deal gone bad. And we all know Sharpton is down with President Obama. So, could that be why Allen had no reservations for basically taking the president to […]
Byron Allen with his family and “47 Meters Down” star Claire Holt at the film’s premiere. *The surprise success of “47 Meters Down” has the founder and chairman of Entertainment Studios, Byron Allen, on a mission to become the next Walt Disney. The film stars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as two sisters vacationing […]
