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Bridgeman Sports and Media

CTL-E-1115 · Business · other · 2020-12

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Ulysses 'Junior' Bridgeman's company; bought Ebony/Jet assets out of bankruptcy

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BPM-003; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BPM-003:co-bridgeman; source research type(s): company.

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Record CTL-E-1115 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BPM-003.
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Cite as: CultureTechLens, “Bridgeman Sports and Media (CTL-E-1115),” October 4, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1115/

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