Byron Allen Falls Behind on Broadcast Fees

Back in January media mogul Byron Allen placed a $30 billion bid for Paramount Global [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Allen is being accused of failing to pay broadcasting fees to ABC, CBS and NBC...

Byron Allen Begins Company Wide Lay Offs

Earlier this week it was reported that Byron Allen's Allen Media Group was cutting staffing at The Grio blog [click here if you missed that].

Apparently the layoffs are company wide...

The Grio Downsized Following Amanda Seales Incident

Earlier this month pop culture critic Amanda Seales called out Byron Allen's The Grio blog for using online social commentary as the basis for an op-ed criticizing Amanda's candid admission of feeling slighted about not being welcome in Black Hollywood spaces [click here if you missed that]. 

In totally unrelated news, The Grio is going through major changes...

Byron Allen Offers $30 Billion for Paramount

For the past year media mogul Byron Allen has placed separate bids on ABC and BET networks [click here and here if you missed that]. 

Now Allen has offered $30 billion for Paramount Global...

Byron Allen Makes Renewed Bid for BET

This week it was reported that Paramount Global was in talks to sell the BET Network for just under $2 billion [click here if you missed that].

Byron Allen offers $3.5 billion in a renewed bid to purchase the network...

Disney Holds Up ABC Sale to Byron Allen

Two weeks ago it was reported that media mogul Byron Allen submitted a $10 billion bid to purchase ABC [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Byron admits Disney is not quite ready to sell...

Byron Allen Places Bid to Purchase ABC

Last month Paramount Pictures decided not to sell BET, dashing the plans of billionaires Byron Allen and Tyler Perry who both placed bids on the network [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Allen has placed a bid on the purchase of ABC...

Paramount Drops Plans to Sell BET

Earlier this year Paramount Pictures floated the idea of selling the BET network, drawing interest from Byron Allen, Kenya Barris, Sean Combs, Shaquille O'Neal, Tyler Perry and 50 Cent [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Paramount has pulled the plug on the sale...

Kenya Barris 50 Cent and Shaquille O'Neal Pool Resources to Purchase BET

Back in March it was reported that Byron Allen, Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Tyler Perry were each interested in purchasing BET [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Kenya Barris, 50 Cent and Shaquille O'Neal have join forces to explore purchasing the network...

Billy Porter Cast in James Baldwin Biopic

Billy Porter cast as James Baldwin in a big screen biopic produced by Bryon Allen...