While CEOs often make cameos on the upfront stage in a bid to bolster the pitch to ad buyers, Byron Allen went a step beyond Wednesday by serving as emcee for his company’s lunchtime presentation. Allen Media Group, which owns the Weather Channel, streaming service Local...
CBS News’ Gayle King is set to receive the Journalist Icon Award at Byron Allen Presents the Washington D.C. Gala, theGrio announced Tuesday. The gala will take place following the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday. “Gayle's doing a great job and has done so for many years,” Allen told...
Byron Allen’s African American-focused multiplatform media outlet, theGrio, will honor CBS News’ Gayle King with the Journalist Icon Award for her career achievements and service to the country in a star-studded event in Washington, DC. immediately following the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner on April 29. The event, which will...
Allen Media Group has hired Princell Hair to be president of Allen Media Broadcasting – the company’s television station division consisting of 27 ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates in 21 markets nationwide. Hair will also hold the title of executive vice president of the parent company, Allen Media Group, which comprises Weather Group and...
Princell Hair has been named president of Allen Media Broadcasting, the broadcast television station division consisting of 27 ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network affiliate broadcast television stations in 21 television markets nationwide. Hair will also hold the title of EVP of Allen Media Group – Byron Allen’s wholly-owned parent company. That consists of Allen Media Broadcasting, Weather...
Billy Porter (Pose) and frequent collaborator Dan McCabe (Fruits of Thy Labor) have been tapped to script a James Baldwin biopic for Byron Allen‘s Allen Media Group Motion Pictures, with the former also to realize his longtime dream of portraying the cultural icon. The film will...
The Emmy-winning ‘Pose’ star and Dan McCabe will write the script for the theatrical feature from producer Byron Allen and based on the life of the towering writer and activist. Pose star Billy Porter is set to play James Baldwin in a feature based on the...
Billy Porter is preparing to portray the author and civil rights activist James Baldwin in an upcoming biopic. He will also co-write the untitled movie with Dan McCabe, which will be adapted from the 1994 book “James Baldwin: A Biography” by David Leeming. An emeritus professor...
Judge Marilyn Milian will star in Allen Media Group's new one-hour daily court strip Justice for the People with Judge Milian. AMG expects to launch the show in national broadcast syndication this fall. Milian formerly starred in Warner Bros.’ long-running People’s Court, which Warner Bros....
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has lined up another judge for its already robust roster of legal shows. It is launching Justice for the People with Judge Milian. The new court series starring Judge Marilyn Milian of The People’s Court is a daily one-hour strip for fall 2023,...
