Black-owned media outlets are grappling with the same financial headwinds affecting much of journalism — including declining ad revenue, uncertain digital business models and the challenge of connecting with audiences through video. But their obstacles are also distinct.

While Black Americans are among the country's most engaged news consumers, they make up a smaller share of the U.S. population and often have less disposable income to spend on media subscriptions.

Those pressures have pushed several Black-owned outlets to scale back, fold or reinvent themselves. Yet the appetite for journalism that captures the full scope of Black life in America is still there. Ashley Allison hopes to reimagine that space.

A Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator, Allison is the founder o

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