Loud Speakers Network

CTL-E-0695 · Business · other · 2010s–present (founding year unverified)

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Podcast network known for Black-culture shows like The Read and The Friend Zone; co-founded by Chris Morrow and the late Reggie Ossé — marketed toward Black audiences but not Black-founded.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-068; source research type(s): Business.

Sources

RAIN News, 'The Loud Speakers Network Gets Loud – An Interview with CEO Chris Morrow'; Everand, Dreams in Drive Podcast (primary source)
RAIN News interview with Chris Morrow (primary source)

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Only Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941Photo: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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