Creative Thread Foundation Launches With Content Diversity Aim

Media companies and organizations, public interest groups and others unveiled the Creative Thread Foundation, a nonprofit focused on fostering diverse content creators. Wednesday's launch event included Congressional Multicultural Media Caucus co-chairs Reps. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., and Judy Chu, D-Calif. The chairman will be Henry Gates, Fusion TV, one of the founders said in a news release. It said the foundation's aims will include mentorships and promoting and advocating better access for talent and projects. It said founding partners include Amazon, AT&T, CBS, Disney, El Rey, Entravision, Entertainment Software Association, Fox, MPAA, NAB, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Nielsen and Viacom.