Digital Publishing Accelerator

Spring 2025 Cohort

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

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Meet the Publishers

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

Black Girl Nerds

Carvd N Stone

ENSPIRE Magazine

Cxmmunity Media Co.

La Noticia

MEFeater

New Jersey Urban News

The Knockturnal

UrbanGeekz

The Quintessential
Gentleman

So.Gay
Creator-in-Residence

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.