Black Media

Bay State Banner, Boston's Black Paper, To Take City Loan To Stay Open

AP | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media


BOSTON — The publisher of Boston's only black-owned newspaper says he'll accept a $200,000 loan from the city to avert the shutdown of the finan...

Black Newspaper in Boston Suspends Publication, Lays Off 12

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


BOSTON — An African-American newspaper that covered Boston's busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of black political leaders and the rise of stat...

Blacks At Odds Over Scrutiny Of Obama

Washington Post | Krissah Thompson | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics


Jeff Johnson knows how to make his audiences squirm. The young, black radio and TV political commentator waits for the discussion to turn to the topic...

The Challenges to Black Media Under President Obama

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media


Clarence B. Jones

Critical and constructive analysis of President Obama's policies is certainly more useful than our Black Media's continued uncritical celebration of our new president.

Obama Brings Flush Times For Black News Media

New York Times | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 04.28.2009 | Media


For the nation's black magazines, newspapers, and television and radio stations, the arrival of the Obama administration has ushered in an era of unp...

Workplace Revenge: A Worker Bee Strikes Back

Zondra Hughes | Posted 10.25.2008 | Chicago


Zondra Hughes

As you read this, there is a growing scandal in the world of Black media involving Johnson Publishing Company, the parent company of Ebony/Jet magazines, and the most prestigious black-owned publishing company in the world.