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Writer, podcaster and former ESPN personality Jemele Hill and Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator and prolific producer Mike Schur have joined Meadowlark Media as creative advisers. Meadowlark is a content venture created in January and led by former ESPN president John Skipper and former TV host and columnist Dan Le…

Journalist Jemele Hill and two-time Super Bowl champ Malcolm Jenkins joined Don Lemon on Tuesday for a SXSW conversation about activism, racism and how Americans can move forward with their fight against white supremacy. The panel, which helped kick off day one of the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, began with…

Former ESPN star Jemele Hill is moving into scripted television and has teamed with Gabrielle Union to develop a half-hour comedy series about Black women with financial independence. New Money, which is based on a story from Hill and The Undefeated journalist Kelley Carter, who run Lodge Freeway Media, is in…

UPDATE 3 PM: Following Deadline’s story, Crews posted an apology on Twitter. This will be my 3rd public apology to Gabrielle Union. If a 4th is needed, I will continue to apologize and push for reconciliation between the world, and more importantly, the culture I grew up in. I'm sorry, @itsgabrielleu <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reconciliation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"…

BET has unveiled its lineup of guests and participants for the inaugural social impact conference, META (Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance) Convened by BET Networks. The two-day invitation-only event takes place June 20-21 in Los Angeles and serves as a lead-up to BET's annual BET Experience and BET…

Former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill will launch a podcast exclusively on Spotify, joining a growing roster of talent who are lending their authentic voices and perspectives to the streaming service. Dubbed Unbothered, Hill’s podcast will air twice a week, starting in March. “I have a lot of things to say, and…

The Atlantic said Monday that it has hired Jemele Hill as a staff writer, a landing spot for the outspoken former ESPN host who departed that network this past summer. In her new role, Hill will cover issues related to sports, race, politics and culture for the magazine and TheAtlantic.com. She will be based in Los…

Controversial sportscaster Jemele Hill is out at ESPN, months after her departure as a co-anchor from the network’s SportsCenter. News surfaced late last night that Hill has been bought out of the remainder of her contract and will reportedly depart by Friday. She is the second prominent female at ESPN to move in…

Michael Smith is headed to the ESPN SportsCenter sidelines. His last show will be tonight as he follows his former SC co-anchor and His and Hers podcast partner Jemele Hill out the door of the flagship highlights show. Sports Illustrated first reported that Smith will leave the 6 PM ET gig, an unsurprising exit in the…

UPDATED with more details: Jemele Hill is departing as co-anchor of the 6 PM hour of ESPN’s SportsCenter, but she will remain with the Disney-owned network where she is currently under a multi-year deal, Deadline has learned. Next month, Hill will join the staff of ESPN vertical The Undefeated as chief correspondent…

After a two-week suspension after a battle of words with Donald Trump, sports anchor Jemele Hill is set to return to ESPN. According to CNN, Hill will return on Monday the sports network after a brief suspension. The events leading to Hill’s suspension started on Twitter about a month ago when the former Celebrity Appr…

The morning after ESPN said it has suspended Jemele Hill over a tweet suggesting her followers boycott advertisers of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Donald Trump celebrated on Twitter. “With Jemele Hill at the mike [sic], it is no wonder ESPN ratings have ‘tanked,’ in fact, tanked so badly it is the talk of the…