Byron Allen is the latest media heavyweight to speak out against the growing scourge of antisemitism in America. The Allen Media Group founder, chairman and CEO was discussing a wide range of topics in a sit-down with Quintin Haynes during the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference at Harvard Business School. Allen, who received the inaugural Legendary Honor from the school’s […]

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Comic-turned-media mogul Byron Allen and his Allen Media Group have acquired MGM’s over-the-air broadcast television networks This TV and Light TV. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but both TV nets feature a slew of MGM’s film and TV titles as they broadcast for free round the clock to around 81 million domestic households […]

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Byron Allen, the comedian-turned-media entrepreneur, has acquired the Weather Channel cable network as he seeks to build his TV and film business, he announced Thursday. Allen’s Los Angeles-based media company, Entertainment Studios, purchased Weather Group, the parent company of the Weather Channel and Local Now streaming service, for $300 million, according to a person familiar […]

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