Tag: African American Television

Local investors bidding on purchase of African American news talk radio station WBOK 1230 | The New Orleans Advocate

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Advocate Staff Report, The New Orleans Advocate [dropcap]A[/dropcap] group of New Orleans investors is putting in a bid to purchase African American news talk radio station WBOK 1230 AM from Los Angeles based-Bakewell Media. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The partnership led by New Orleans native and actor Wendell Pierce includes Spears Group President and Chief Executive Officer […]

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The Uphill Battles of Black Talent Agents in Hollywood | The New York Times

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Cara Buckley, The New York Times Lorrie Bartlett of ICM Partners, left; Brandon Lawrence of Creative Artists Agency; and J.B. Fitzgerald of United Talent Agency. Credit Photographs by Erik Carter for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]Movies[/dropcap] like “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians” don’t come around all that often partly because of how […]

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