Detavio Samuels - Chief Executive Officer of Revolt
On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Detavio Samuels, the Chief Executive Officer of Revolt Media, a digital cable network founded by artist and producer Sean Combs that focuses on Black storytelling. We talk about Detavio’s journey to Revolt by way of marketing and content giants GlobalHue and One Solution, the branded content division of Urban One. Detavio shares how having the right people in your corner, “ladder jumping” and constant innovation helped him go on to lead Revolt into being named the fastest Black-owned media company in America. We talk about the history of Revolt, what’s next for the “unapologetically” Black media channel, and how it will continue to disrupt the traditional media landscape by amplifying new Black voices.
Learn more about Detavio here, and learn more about REVOLT here. Check out Detavio’s Best Idea of the week, OpenAI’s ChatGPT function, here. You can check out Colbert’s Best Idea for this week, Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story by New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli here.