NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order on May 22 mandating that more than 50% of spending by all city agencies on advertising go toward print and digital publication in the community and ethnic media.
In the race for the 45th City Council District seat, a campaign ad for candidate Farah Louis in the Flatbush Jewish Journal has “exposed a raw nerve,” writes Kings County Politics.
Several hundred members of the Yemeni American Merchants Association have stopped selling the New York Post, reports NY City Lens.
Brooklyn Paper speaks to Jerome Walford and BRIC TV interviews Ashley Baccus-Clark, both of whom discuss representation ahead of this weekend’s Black Comix Expo.
The Forward will go all-digital as of the spring, its publisher said. Meanwhile, layoffs were announced at the legendary publication.
Remezcla writes about a new campaign to help immigrants waiting for their cases to be heard in immigration court, and the music video that accompanied the launch of the campaign.
Learn about the history and appeal of underground Caribbean radio stations in Brooklyn in this BRIC TV video.
The online site Bklyner comes out with its first print edition.
Kings County Politics editor Stephen Witt speaks to BRIC TV about his publication’s series on the city taking property from Black and Latino owners in Brooklyn.
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With the acquisition of Community News Group and NYC Community Media by Schneps Communications, the newly formed Schneps Community News Group will own dozens of local community and ethnic media outlets and be among the largest local media companies in New York.
The first female Nassau County executive vowed to improve relations with the Long Island immigrant community in a meeting with the Hispanic press, Noticia Long Island reports.
Mayor Bill de Blasio rejected the idea that a portion of campaign matching funds might be directed toward supporting local media, reports Kings County Politics.
A Salvadoran journalist and poet has been deported after being held for nearly 20 days by ICE even though he said he entered JFK Airport with a valid visa, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Brooklyn Daily profiles Ramal Huseynov, a former talk show host in Azerbaijan who now runs Istanblue Kings, a Turkish restaurant in Gravesend.
