Digital Publishing Accelerator

Fall 2023 Cohort

Meet our second cohort of media companies serving Black and Diverse communities, all working to make a difference and scale their impact.

Get Involved

Meet the Publishers

Congratulations to our second cohort of graduates!
We can’t wait to watch where you go from here!

Cuisine Noir

Kansas City Defender

Map Happy

TANTV

The Skanner News Group

Upscale Magazine

WHATS THE WORD

Areas of Focus

Discover training designed to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head-on. Our workshop equips publishers with expert training from top professionals in the following areas:

Monetization Strategies

Audience Development

Advertising Sales

Branding & Communications

Business Pitching

Business Fundamentals

Diversity in Publishing

The BOMESI Accelerator is focused on increasing the number of media companies serving Black and Diverse communities that are well-positioned to do business sustainably with the nation’s top advertisers. We focus on infrastructure, ecosystem building, and audience development to increase deal flow and total investment to a greater number of Diverse and Black-owned media platforms.

We have identified high quality media companies serving Black and Diverse communities that will be able to take their business to the next level through the accelerator. Our curriculum is largely focused on leveling up business fundamentals, deepening an understanding of monetization strategies and advertising sales, and audience growth.