6. The Black Hollywood Media | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America
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Show Notes
For most of the 2000s, the stars that outlets like Us Weekly and People covered were overwhelmingly white. But as the internet became more widely available, blogs like Bossip and MediaTakeout decided to focus on the Black stars that lots of people wanted to read about. In this episode, we explore how these blogs filled a gap in the coverage of Black celebrities and broadened popular interest in celebrity gossip along the way.
Host: Clare Malone
Producers: Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Juliet Litman, Vikram Patel, and Kaya McMullen
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