by Jeroslyn JoVonn
March 12, 2026
The collaboration goals to create a brand new platform connecting manufacturers with a few of Black America’s most influential professionals by way of each digital media and personal gathering areas.
Blavity Media Group (BMG) and The Gathering Spot (TGS) have entered into an unique partnership designed to have a good time and amplify Black excellence.
Introduced on March 10, BMG has been named the unique gross sales and activation accomplice for TGS’s sponsorship portfolio, AfroTech reported. The collaboration goals to create a brand new platform connecting manufacturers with a few of Black America’s most influential professionals by way of each digital media and personal gathering areas.
“The Gathering Spot constructed bodily areas with the identical philosophy we dropped at digital media: that Black professionals should be seen absolutely, not as a demographic, however as a neighborhood,” mentioned Blavity Inc. CEO and Co-founder, Morgan DeBaun. “Collectively, we’re creating one thing that displays how our viewers truly lives, on-line and offline, in content material and in neighborhood. For manufacturers that need to present up authentically, that is the way in which in.”
“Our neighborhood lives on-line and offline. Now our companions and types can present up in each locations authentically,” she added in a LinkedIn announcement.
The partnership will supply a restricted variety of sponsorship alternatives, giving manufacturers entry to TGS’s non-public membership community of leaders, executives, and founders shaping enterprise, politics, and tradition. The group serves greater than 11,000 members throughout 4 places in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Sponsors will even acquire perks reminiscent of category-exclusive placements throughout TGS golf equipment, curated member experiences, and customized on-site activations promoted by way of BMG’s digital platforms — together with manufacturers like AfroTech, Blavity, and Journey Noire — which attain greater than 32 million month-to-month customers.
“From day one, The Gathering Spot has been about what occurs when Black individuals have an area the place they’re celebrated, not tolerated,” mentioned Ryan Wilson, CEO and co-founder of The Gathering Spot. “Our members are constructing generational wealth, launching corporations, and shaping industries. Blavity mirrors these notions throughout media. This partnership provides manufacturers entry to the rooms the place these conversations and selections are taking place.”
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