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theGrio |
Type of site | News website |
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| Available in | English |
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| Owner | Entertainment Studios |
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| Created by | David A. Wilson, Daniel Woolsey, Barion L. Grant |
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| URL | thegrio.com |
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| Commercial | Yes |
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TheGrio, styled as theGrio, is an American website with news, opinion, entertainment and video content geared toward African Americans.[1] Originally launched in June 2009 as a division of NBC News,[2][3] it became a division of MSNBC in 2013. It was founded by the team who created the documentary film Meeting David Wilson. In 2014, it was sold to its founders.[4] In June 2016, Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios acquired the site.[5]
History
TheGrio's editorial mandate is to "focus on news and events that have a unique interest and/or pronounced impact within the national African Americans audience,"[6] offering what co-founder, and Executive Editor David Wilson feels "are underrepresented in existing national news outlets".
The website's name is derived from the word griot, the term for a West African oral historian and storyteller.[7]
Personnel
Founders
- David A. Wilson* (Co-founder, Executive Editor)[8]
- Daniel Woolsey (Co-founder, VP of Operations)[8]
- Barion L. Grant* (Co-founder, Former Director of Sales)[8]
(*) No longer with company
Leadership
- Todd Johnson (Chief Content Officer)[8][9]
- Natasha S. Alford (VP, Content Creation)[8][10]
- Gerren Keith Gaynor (Managing Editor)[8]
- Shana Pinnock (Social Media Director)[8][11]
- Mariel Turner (Senior Editor)[8][12]
