By Bruce Haring Weather Group LLC, the parent company of The Weather Channel television network, has named Fred Bucher as its senior VP and chief marketing officer. Bucher will lead the marketing, communications and research/insights areas for The Weather Channel and free streaming service Local Now. The departments will work to...
By Ted Johnson EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of accepting the Democratic nomination, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and their spouses are set for a fundraiser on Friday, with hosts including Jeffrey Katzenberg, George Clooney, Byron Allen and philanthropist Andrew Hauptman. The afternoon event will be virtual, but it features an L.A.-centric group of hosts. In addition to...
By Jill Goldsmith EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen is acquiring Honolulu ABC affiliate KITV from SLJ Broadcasting for $30 million, boosting his Allen Media Group’s owned and operated big-four network affiliates to 16 stations in 12 markets. The acquisition, through AMG’s Allen Media Broadcasting, was the latest in a string of deals...
By Robert Marich Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has been making ambitious acquisitions for some time and, bolstered by a recent $1 billion corporate refinance, he has an appetite for more. Since last year, Allen’s Century City-based media company, Entertainment Studios, has purchased 16 broadcast TV stations in...
The Los Angeles Business Journal, in partnership with the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce, hosted a free webinar titled: Black Business Matters: From Awareness to Action. Please join us as we discuss ways to foster a more socially-conscious Community of Business™. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:...
Allen's Complete Portfolio of 8 Global Television Networks Begins Multi-Year Content Partnership with Evoca Over-The-Air Television Service LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Byron Allen's Allen Media Group division Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television with 64 shows on the air and owner of...
#60. Independent networks always struggle to gain distribution, but Allen and Arouh have worked tirelessly to bring the nine Entertainment Studios Networks and streaming service Local Now to more viewers than ever before. 2020 proved to be a pivotal year with ESN finally gaining carriage on...
Many know April Ryan from her work as a CNN political analyst and her role as a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks. CLICK HERE to watch the full IGTV interview. ...
By Sibile Marcellus President Trump is known for lobbing the “fake news” catchphrase at the media in response to criticism of his leadership. Byron Allen, one of America’s few Black media moguls, called him out on it during Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit Extra: Road to Recovery...
Local Now Continues to Expand Audience Reach through New Distribution with Leading TV Platform VIZIO SmartCast ATLANTA (July 22, 2020) -- The Weather Channel has officially launched its free streaming service, Local Now, on VIZIO SmartCast®, the award-winning Smart TV platform. The new Local Now smart TV...
