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NewsOne

U.S. center-left, Black-audience focused

Owned byOwned by iOne Digital (formerly Interactive One), the digital arm of Urban One, Inc. Urban One is a publicly traded company that Cathy Hughes founded. Hughes is chairman and her son Alfred Liggins III is CEO. The family has historically held a controlling stake. I did not re-check the current share structure.
FundingMainly digital advertising and sponsored content. It is part of Urban One's wider revenue, which also comes from radio, the TV One cable network, and other digital brands. It does not charge for access and is not funded by donations or government money.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

Urban One began as Radio One, which Cathy Hughes founded in 1980. It grew into the largest Black-owned broadcasting company in the U.S., with radio stations, the TV One cable channel and digital properties. Its digital arm, Interactive One (now iOne Digital), launched around 2008. It added vertical sites including NewsOne, Hello Beautiful, The Urban Daily and Elev8, and it later also ran Bossip, MadameNoire and Global Grind. NewsOne describes itself as a source of news for Black America. It publishes news, opinion and commentary on politics, race, criminal justice, and culture, written from an openly Black-centered viewpoint. Much of its work is aggregation and commentary rather than original investigations. Its tone is often pointed and informal, as in its live State of the Union commentary headlined "This Man Be Lying Edition" (Feb. 2026). In 2026 it has covered Trump administration actions critically. Examples include the DOJ inquiry into outlets that boycotted a White House media restriction, court rulings against administration actions, and immigration raids. Its reporting largely follows Black-audience and Democratic-aligned concerns, and Media Bias/Fact Check lists a rating for it. I could not open that page, so I did not verify the rating. It is generally viewed as left-leaning.

Sources

  1. About Us - NewsOne
  2. NewsOne - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
  3. Urban One - Wikipedia
  4. Urban One Celebrates 45th Anniversary Of Cathy Hughes Founding Media Empire
  5. DOJ Investigates News Outlets That Boycotted Trump Over Select Media Ban
  6. State Of The Union 2026: This Man Be Lying Edition
  7. URBAN ONE, INC. REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

Profile compiled 2026-10-15; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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