Byron Allen Buys Black News Channel

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group is buying the Black News Channel, with plans to revive the bankrupt cable news outlet and significantly grow its distribution footprint.

Allen’s company is acquiring “substantially all” of BNC’s assets for $11 million, with a bankruptcy court in Tallahassee, Florida, formally signing off on the sale.

Allen says that his company “will deliver a best-in-class network to serve the underserved African American community and the advertisers who want to reach this extremely valuable audience.

“Also, we appreciate the opportunity to provide cable operators, satellite companies, telcos and digital platforms diversity of ownership, voices and viewpoints on their programming lineups by having a 100 percent African-American-owned network,” he added.

Allen says that his company “will deliver a best-in-class network to serve the underserved African American community and the advertisers who want to reach this extremely valuable audience.

“Also, we appreciate the opportunity to provide cable operators, satellite companies, telcos and digital platforms diversity of ownership, voices and viewpoints on their programming lineups by having a 100 percent African-American-owned network,” he added.

[SOURCE: HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman arrested during abortion protest outside U.S. Supreme Court

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey was arrested Tuesday outside the U.S. Supreme Court building during a protest in support of abortion rights.

Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist., was one of 17 House members among the 37 individuals arrested during the march for blocking the street that runs in front of the court building, U.S. Capitol Police said. She is a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus.

Watson Coleman told NJ Advance Media she feared the six Republican-appointed justices next would take aim at contraception, same-sex marriage and gay rights.

“I’m very scared,” she said. “We are seeing a trend that’s very dangerous to our fundamental rights.”

The congresswoman told NJ Advance Media that this was her first opportunity to join a protest since the court action.

“I wanted to express my solidarity with all of those who recognize that we must stay front and center to protect our privacy, our health care, our access,” Watson Coleman said. “There was no way I was going miss it if I was available.”

[SOURCE: NJ.COM]

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Staten Island street renamed for Eric Garner eight years after death

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