African-American entrepreneurs own more than 2.6 million firms and are building some of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. Below is a list of some of the top Black Owned Media Companies in the world:

Urban One

Black Enterprise 

Essence Magazine

Blavity 

Her Agenda 

XoNecole

While there are other media companies out there that are owned by African Americans the above is a list of our top 6 favorites and you’ll notice 3 of the 5 are relatively new media companies (less than 5 years old). The question now being asked is are we seeing a rise of black owned media companies or a decline? Over the decades many once black owned media companies have been brought out by predominantly white companies leaving many to wonder the intentions of publications such as Ebony/Jet Magazine.

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Stephanie Alston
Founder & CEO, BGG Enterprises · Career Expert · Diversity Advocate