Revolt’s Detavio Samuels, Black Star Network Leader Roland Martin and BET Founder Robert Johnson on the State of Black-Owned Media
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor Detavio Samuels, CEO of Revolt, unpacks his effort to revitalize the cable and digital brand in its second decade on the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business.” Amid the disruption in pay TV, racial tension in the body politic, the return of Trump and the challenge of steering an independent Black-owned media platform, Samuels is looking at an uphill climb.
Revolt is coming off a hard 2024 as its founder, Sean Combs, was indicted on federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
He’s been accused of heinous crimes. Combs was key to Revolt’s origin story – the channel was born a dozen years ago in a very different time for media, as Samuels discusses.
But Combs has had very little involvement with the operation of Revolt for years. He became fully divested of his stake last year as his legal problems mounted.
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