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Nielsen Report reveals Black audiences consume more media globally than any other group

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent - February 17, 2024

Courtesy of the Nielsen Company A groundbreaking Nielsen report unveiled this week spotlights the robust media consumption habits of Black individuals around the globe, exposing an obvious...

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Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires

The Conversation - February 16, 2024

by Rodney Benson, New York University and Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania For the journalism industry, 2024 is off to a brutal start. Most spectacularly, the...

Entertainment

Damning study finds a 'whitewashed' Hollywood

Courier Newsroom - February 23, 2016

NEW YORK — In one of the most exhaustive and damning reports on diversity in Hollywood, a new study finds that the films and...

International

AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

Courier Newsroom - December 14, 2015

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get...

National News

Debate illustrates power of Fox News in GOP campaign

Courier Newsroom - August 5, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Iowa and New Hampshire are still on the horizon — but first there's the Fox primary, and the buildup to...

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Google's new app blunders by calling Black people 'gorillas'

Courier Newsroom - July 3, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Google's new image-recognition program misfired badly this week by identifying two Black people as gorillas, delivering a mortifying reminder that...

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Emmitt Smith, Flo Rida out of Miss USA, Macy's dumps Trump

Courier Newsroom - July 1, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Flo Rida, the Macy's department store chain and football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith all had something in common...

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Will latest inflammatory comments tarnish Trump's brand?

Courier Newsroom - July 1, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) _ Is Donald Trump's business empire as Teflon-coated as his hair appears to be? Trump has found himself on the receiving end...

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NBC to Donald Trump: You're fired

Courier Newsroom - June 29, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC said Monday that it is ending its business relationship with mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump because of...

National News

The latest on church shooting: Obama speaks of anger, grief

Courier Newsroom - June 18, 2015

President Barack Obama has expressed anger, sadness and heartache at the church shooting that left nine dead in Charleston, South Carolina. He says Wednesday night's...

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