Byron Allen-Led Effort To Funnel Ad Dollars To Black-Owned Media Locks Support From A Second Media Giant, GroupM: “This Is The Conversation White America Doesn’t Want To Have”

Blake Lively is quite the artist while using ketchup!

Edinburgh. It came on William and Kate's final day of their royal tour of Scotland.The future king later gave a highly personal farewell speech as his week-long visit drew to a close, describing how Scotland has "shaped" him and praising its people and values.

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Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has sued McDonald’s Corp. for $10 billion in damages, alleging racial discrimination as the high-profile businessman continues to pound big companies for not giving Black-owned media a fair shake as they disburse massive advertising budgets.

Nicholas White It’s only been three years since its debut, but Actor Trade, an app that connects actors with each other to read lines for feedback and performance practice, has grown to 20,000 international users.The app, the creation of actors Dylan Mooney and Shondrella Avery, celebrated its third anniversary in April, and is riding a wave of enthusiasm with word of mouth, social media support and pride in Black ownership.“In my heart, we’re not represented in a lot of industries enough,

Leading French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have entered exclusive negotiations in view of a merger that would “provide a French response to the challenges from global platforms,” TF1 parent Bouygues announced late Monday. The project has been unanimously approved by the boards of Groupe TF1, Groupe Bouygues, Groupe M6, and M6 parent RTL Group.

A new thriller from writer Dan Brown is on its way to TV screens.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe merger of AT&T’s WarnerMedia division with Discovery is the first major media combination of the Biden era, and could give an indication of where the new administration is headed on antitrust issues.The Department of Justice will have to consider whether the horizontal merger of streaming and cable assets is bad for consumers.

EXCLUSIVE: The Bleav Podcast Network is launching the new dark comedy podcast The Bystanders starring Jane Lynch and Emmy and Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth. It will also mark the first scripted podcast from Black Label Media. Heather Morris will also co-star and produce the show with Jaclyn Hales and Ash Lendzion writing, directing and producing the show.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Hollywood Reporter Editorial Director Matthew Belloni has boarded a high-profile digital media startup as a founding partner.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn the space of just a few weeks, a group of Madison Avenue heavyweights — with names like General Motors, Interpublic Group and WPP — has made public guarantees of ad money for some of the industry’s smaller media outlets, all owned by Black entrepreneurs. Getting these companies to talk about ad spending in public is an amazing feat.

Dragon’s Den is gearing up for the arrival of some new blood set to shake up the hit BBC show. A new dragon is set to enter the den in the form of 28-year-old Steven Bartlett who show bosses insist will encourage a "new generation of entrepreneurs" to apply for the format.The Manchester-born millionaire will replace Tej Lavani and join Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Sara Davies in a move that makes him the youngest ever dragon to bring his money to the den.

Scott Brown was caught up in a hilarious on-air blooper to mark his Parkhead send off. The skipper will play his last game for the club this week ahead of his move to Aberdeen as a player-coach under Stephen Glass.

Céline Dion, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan are heading to Las Vegas!ET has learned that the music superstars will become the founding headliners at the Strip’s highly anticipated Resorts World Las Vegas, which opens its doors on June 24.

Leonardo DiCaprio and his longtime girlfriend Camila Morrone have kept their relationship entirely off of social media for all of these years, but she put up a rare show of support for him on Instagram!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBig advertisers like General Motors and Target say they intend to pay more attention to Black-owned media outlets.

He’s used to dealing with crying, whinging, and wiping up as the maitre d’ on First Dates Ireland so no doubt Mateo Saina will slot into his new role nicely.