Los Angeles Wave Explained

The Los Angeles Wave
Motto:Largest Black editorial in the Western US
Image Alt:border
Type:Weekly newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:1912
Headquarters:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Circulation:92,000
Publishing Country:United States

The Los Angeles Wave is an African-American newspaper created by C.Z. Wilson,[1] first published in 1912 in Los Angeles, California.[2] It has 92,000 subscribers, which is more subscribers that any other black newspaper.[3] The newspaper group claims to have circulation of 1.2 million serving diverse neighborhoods in the greater Los Angeles area.[4]

History

The paper continues to cover issues that are of interest to African-American readers. They have a section entitled "This Week In Black History" where they cover historic news; especially relevant to Los Angeles readers.[5]

The Wave publications are known as the best way to reach African-American readers in the Los Angeles area.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central News-Southeast Star and Southside Journal Wave (Los Angeles, Calif.) 19??-1991 . Loc.gov . Library of congress . 27 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Los Angeles Wave . Mondo Times . Mondo Code LLC. . 26 September 2021.
  3. News: Schmidt . Christine . Here's the state of African-American media today — and steps it can take going forward . 26 September 2021 . Nieman Lab - by the President and Fellows of Harvard College . 1 March 2019.
  4. Web site: About Us . The Wave . The Wave publications . 26 September 2021.
  5. News: This Week In Black History . 27 September 2021 . Los Angeles Wave . 27 April 2019.
  6. Book: Austin . Nefertiti . Motherhood So White . 2019 . Sourcebooks . Naperville, Illinois . 27 September 2021.

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