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Prior to that, he was chief operating officer at BET. [3] During his earlier tenure with BET, he launched BET's mobile and digital operations, and relaunched the Centric Pay TV network as BET Her. [4] Mills became president of BET in December 2017, replacing Debra L. Lee. [3] In November 2021, Mills was named chief executive officer of BET. [5]
Black Entertainment Television LLC (doing business as the BET Media Group, and formerly known as BET Networks) is an American television company currently owned by American media conglomerate Paramount Global under its CBS Entertainment unit. Founded by Robert L. Johnson in 1983, the holding was bought by the first incarnation of Viacom in 2001.
It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, ... BET's president of entertainment Reginald Hudlin resigned from the network on September 11, 2008.
BET Media Group President/CEO Scott Mills shared in a statement, “Tyler Perry is simply without rival as a creator of content that powerfully resonates with audiences across genres, formats, and ...
Sean “Diddy” Combs is entering the race to buy BET, joining fellow media moguls Tyler Perry and Byron Allen as they vie to purchase a majority stake of BET Media Group amid reports that owner ...
The potential buyers include BET Chief Executive Officer Scott Mills and Chinh Chu, a former Blackstone executive who runs New York-based CC Capital Partners, the report said. Paramount and CC ...
[12] [14] In 1998, Johnson and Liberty Media bought all outstanding shares of the company. [14] [15] This purchase gave Johnson 42% of the company. [14] [15] Viacom acquired BET in 2001 for a reported $3 billion; Johnson earned over $1 billion from the sale, making him the first black American billionaire. [3] [9] [12] [14] He remained BET CEO ...
The announcement of AMG’s upsized board comes after Allen this week contacted Paramount Global’s senior management and board with a $3.5 billion offer to buy BET Media Group — which, if ...