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Technology has transformed the way we do business and for media outlets that engage this new frontier they will be even more relevant and profitable as social conditions continue to absorb people into what is rapidly becoming a digital economy.
Our unique publishing principles dictate that we provide news and information free to our followers. Since our revenue is based on advertisement, we have developed more innovative ways and opportunities for our followers to engage advertisers, sponsors and other businesses that rely on our followers and our reach.
In this digital age of content driven social media, streaming, blogs and other online channels mass communication is being redefined.
The Journal journey began with rejection. The rejection made me realize my sights were too low!
The Journal journey began with rejection. Yes rejection! Upon returning to Compton after college, my hometown newspaper publisher whom I admired, rejected my application to work with him at the Compton Bulletin. But I was determined to realize my vision to become a newspaper man in my hometown so I constantly developed the business model, the product and unique service of delivering local news to every doorstep in the city, and when the time came I was ready to deliver.
The Compton Journal was a vision realized in large part with the support of then Compton City Councilman Amen Rahh and Mayor Omar Bradley. The truth is, Compton Bulletin publisher,
O. Ray Wilson, inspired the Compton Journal more than any one person when he responded to my job inquiry by stating, “the only way you’ll write for this paper is if you pay for the space”. Now, maybe I was a little naive, but I thought being a veteran and having a Howard University education would at least snag me a $25 per article job with my hometown newspaper.
The rejection made me realize my sights were too low!
Somewhere out of the Universe I got a notion that I could produce a better publication, and create jobs for local residents from the community. After presenting the venture to Councilman Rahh, I was able to secure a small advertising contract from the city. The rest is history!
I was able to hire a staff of writers, editors and advertising sales reps. We secured a contract with a distribution company that put our publication on all 22,000 doorsteps throughout the city of Compton. In fact, the layout was so tight, it changed the way every newspaper in the city designed their publication.
Publishing the Journal opened a lot of doors for me locally and nationally. The opportunity to expand always captured my attention. During that time the Chicago Defender and The Los Angeles Sentinel were for sale. I was trying to get funding to purchase them both but I was looking in all of the wrong places and couldn’t pull it together.
Print publishing had become very expensive and advertising revenues were shrinking. Rising costs in paper, ink and circulation were like nails in a coffin for small weekly newspaper publishers. Technology’s impact had hit the newspaper publishing business hard and it was time for a shift.
During that time, I didn’t know how to raise money. I didn’t know how to present and pitch to investors. Today, it is a different story. Today, I know what it takes to sell a company to investors.
Today, my new team and partnerships give the Journal a fresh new breath of air and a lot more muscle.