BOMESI (Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute)

CTL-E-0660 · Organization · other · 2020-present

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The Black-owned-media equity institute (2020): documents the <2% ad-spend inequity and the revenue-diversification survival playbook for Black publishers.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-025; source research type(s): Organization.

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