Black News Channel is here to shake things up! The platform has just expanded its reach more than 20-fold in the past seven months, reports The Wall Street Journal. This growth comes as a result of its new chief executive’s plan to shake up the cable-TV news landscape by providing an alternative that looks through the lens of Black Americans. After taking over in July 2020, Chief Executive Princell Hair has struck distribution with AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV, Dish Network Corp., Comcast Corp.’s Xfinity, and others. This has boosted its potential audience from roughly 2.5 million to more than 52 million households. “We’re standing on the forefront of a tremendous opportunity when you look at the stories of the past year: the pandemic, the George Floyd murder and the ensuing civil unrest, a very contentious presidential election, record unemployment, and all of these stories disproportionately impact Black and brown communities,” said Mr. Hair in an interview. “These are the stories that we...