Los Angeles Wave

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The Los Angeles Wave
Largest Black editorial in the Western US
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Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)
  • Los Angeles Wave Publications Group
Founded1912
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, U.S.
CountryUnited States
Circulation 92,000

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]

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References

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