Fusion TV-led Creative Thread Foundation Aims to Increase Diversity in Media & Entertainment

It's a partnership of more than 60 organizations that includes the CBS Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Disney and the Interactive Advertising Bureau

You can talking about wanting a more inclusive media and entertainment scene, or you can work to create a more inclusive media and entertainment scene. Today, more than 60 organizations joined together and announced their plan for doing just that with the introduction of the Creative Thread Foundation.

The foundation will be headed up by The Root co-founder and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., who said in a statement, “We are committed to moving the dial when it comes to ensuring we see more accurate representation and diversity across the media and entertainment industries, but we know that it takes more than one company to make a difference.”

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