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In 2016, Blavity launched two conferences: ''EmpowerHer'', a conference in [[New York City]] for black women,<ref name="bgn-may2016">{{cite web|url=https://blackgirlnerds.com/morgan-debaun-creator-blavity-talks-empowerher-first-conference-black-women-empowerher/|title=Morgan DeBaun’s Blavity, Talks "EmpowerHer," Their First Conference for Black Women: EmpowerHer|date=May 14, 2016|website=Black Girl Nerds|author1=Cynthia Franciillon|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> and ''Afrotech'', a [[San Francisco]] summit for black people in technology.<ref name="wired-15feb2017">{{cite magazine|date=February 15, 2017|title=Inside Blavity, the Startup on a Quest to Be the News Source for Black Millennials|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/02/black-news-matters-blavity/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|last1=Brooks Jr.|first1=Carl|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>
In 2016, Blavity launched two conferences: ''EmpowerHer'', a conference in [[New York City]] for black women,<ref name="bgn-may2016">{{cite web|url=https://blackgirlnerds.com/morgan-debaun-creator-blavity-talks-empowerher-first-conference-black-women-empowerher/|title=Morgan DeBaun’s Blavity, Talks "EmpowerHer," Their First Conference for Black Women: EmpowerHer|date=May 14, 2016|website=Black Girl Nerds|author1=Cynthia Franciillon|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> and ''Afrotech'', a [[San Francisco]] summit for black people in technology.<ref name="wired-15feb2017">{{cite magazine|date=February 15, 2017|title=Inside Blavity, the Startup on a Quest to Be the News Source for Black Millennials|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/02/black-news-matters-blavity/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|last1=Brooks Jr.|first1=Carl|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>


In 2017, Blavity launched a black women's lifestyle platform, 21Ninety, and acquired two other properties, the black entertainment website Shadow and Act and the black travel website Travel Noire.
In 2017, Blavity launched a black women's lifestyle platform, 21Ninety<ref>https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/21ninety-blavity-black-women.php</ref>, and acquired two other properties, the black entertainment website Shadow and Act<ref>https://www.jetmag.com/entertainment/this-celebrated-black-cinema-website-has-an-exciting-new-home/</ref> and the black travel website Travel Noire<ref>https://www.fastcompany.com/40469638/blavity-just-acquired-travel-noire-a-travel-site-for-black-millennials</ref>.


== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==

Revision as of 18:16, 21 November 2017

Blavity
Type of site
New media and lifestyle for African Americans[1][2]
Available inEnglish
Created byMorgan DeBaun
Aaron Samuels
URLblavity.com
LaunchedJuly 2014; 10 years ago (2014-07)
Current statusOnline

Blavity is an American Internet media company and website based in Los Angeles, created by and for black millennials.[3][4][2] Their mission is to "economically and creatively support Black millennials across the African disapora, so they can pursue the work they love, and change the world in the process."[5]

Founding

Blavity was founded by Morgan DeBaun (CEO) and co-founded by Jonathan Jackson, Jeff Nelson and Aaron Samuels in 2014;[3][6] DeBaun had worked at Intuit for three years prior but left to found the new company. Blavity's is a combination of the words "black" and "gravity",[3] inspired by DeBaun's experience as an undergraduate at Washington University; she was struck that eating lunch with a few friends at their regular table in the college cafeteria over time attracted more and more black students to their discussions of everything from politics to pop culture, a kind of intellectual "black gravity".[7]

Content, visitors and growth

In Essence, Lihle Z. Mtshali described the site as focused "on sub-cultures, community, and local happenings in different cities rather than covering celebrities and mainstream black culture."[7] The site contains approximately 40% user-generated content.[7]

In September 2016, Blavity reached millions of unique visitors per month.[1] That month, the company closed a one million dollar round of seed funding.[1][4]

In 2016, Blavity launched two conferences: EmpowerHer, a conference in New York City for black women,[8] and Afrotech, a San Francisco summit for black people in technology.[9]

In 2017, Blavity launched a black women's lifestyle platform, 21Ninety[10], and acquired two other properties, the black entertainment website Shadow and Act[11] and the black travel website Travel Noire[12].

Recognition

In 2016, two of the Blavity founders, DeBaun and Samuels, were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of "young people transforming the future of America".[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sarah Buhr (September 12, 2016). "Blavity, the BuzzFeed for black millennials, is raising $1 million and gets a redesign". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Kaya Thomas (September 7, 2015). "Blavity Hopes To Be The Digital Voice of Black Millennials". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Mandi Woodruff (February 5, 2016). "5 black business leaders who are changing the face of Silicon Valley". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Dayna Evans (November 9, 2016). "How I Get It Done: Morgan DeBaun, Co-Founder and CEO of Content Platform Blavity". NYmag.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "Blavity". www.blavity.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Ketchum, John (April 20, 2017). "Blavity's CEO on taking risks and building a community for black millennials". CNN. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Mtshali, Lihle Z. (2017-06-05). "Meet Blavity Co-Founder Morgan DeBaun And The Digital Empire She's Building". Essence. Retrieved 2017-06-25. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ Cynthia Franciillon (May 14, 2016). "Morgan DeBaun's Blavity, Talks "EmpowerHer," Their First Conference for Black Women: EmpowerHer". Black Girl Nerds. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  9. ^ Brooks Jr., Carl (February 15, 2017). "Inside Blavity, the Startup on a Quest to Be the News Source for Black Millennials". Wired. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  10. ^ https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/21ninety-blavity-black-women.php
  11. ^ https://www.jetmag.com/entertainment/this-celebrated-black-cinema-website-has-an-exciting-new-home/
  12. ^ https://www.fastcompany.com/40469638/blavity-just-acquired-travel-noire-a-travel-site-for-black-millennials
  13. ^ Emily Inverso (January 4, 2016). "30 Under 30: Meet The Young People Transforming Media". Forbes. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
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