BET has hired veteran filmmaker Reginald Hudlin as its chief programmer, a move that industry observers hailed as a positive sign for a network that has long faced criticism for lacking quality programming.

Hudlin becomes chief...

The Charlotte Bobcats the NBA team owned by BET founder Robert Johnson have decided to shut down its regional sports network C-SET after less than a year on the air. Since it's launch the network has had difficulty attracting an...

BET founder and CEO Robert Johnson, America's first black billionaire, announced Thursday that he will step down in January 2006 from the cable channel he launched 25 years ago.

Johnson will vacate his CEO role effective...

Sheila Johnson co-founder of BET and the ex-wife of Robert L. Johnson, has become the first black female owner of a professional sports team. The WNBA's Washington Mystics were sold Tuesday to a group headed by...

The richest black person in the world remains Jamaican born Michael Lee-Chin. The Burlington, Ontario,...

Robert L. Johnson Founder of BET and the owner of the new NBA team the Charlotte Bobcats, has sold a minority stake in the team...