DéVon Christopher Johnson

CTL-E-3138 · Person · businessperson · contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

CEO and founder of BleuLife Media Group; co-founder (June 2020) of the Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute (BOMESI) with Rhonesha Byng and one of its curators. A public voice for breaking the 'prejudices and systematic barriers' Black publishers face in advertising deals, rate-setting, and buying restrictions.

The record

Also known as: Devon Christopher Johnson

Notes

RELP72 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean. Alias covers the unaccented spelling. Provisional: profile built from trade-press coverage.

Relationships

BOMESI (Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute) — affiliated with
Johnson co-founded BOMESI and operates it.
BOMESI (Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute) — founded
Johnson co-founded BOMESI in June 2020.

Referenced by

BOMESI (Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute) — founded by → this record

Sources

Archynewsy - How BOMESI is Empowering and Sustaining Black-Owned Media
Adweek - Black Publishers Knew the Ad Commitments Wouldn't Hold. So What?
Access Newswire - BOMESI Celebrates Black-Owned Media Impact with 4 Day Conference on Juneteenth Weekend

Record CTL-E-3138 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources · 3 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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