Your Source for New Urban News
Official ONLINE RE-Launch Jan 2026
Your Source for New Urban News
Your Source for New Urban News
Your Source for New Urban News
The Defender Media Group is Kentucky's Leading Black Information Source and is comprised of the Defender website and Defender social media. The Defender has a competitive edge because of several distinctive qualities: 1) Community respect & editorial credibility: Original content generated by our award-winning journalists has resulted in the distinct honor of receiving numerous editorial content awards from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (The Black Press of America) Messenger Awards - equivalent to the Pulitzer of the Black Press of America and business/strategy awards from Local Media Association. 2) Affluent and progressive audience: The caliber of our readers is a direct reflection of our content and our distribution attracting educated Black consumers with substantial buying power. The Defender's unique distribution network of major grocery stores and churches offers access and convenience for African-American households in both the inner city and suburbs which is unduplicated by other publications. See the difference....Read the difference.....This is why the Defender is the primary choice of Black Louisville and major advertisers. Discover the Defender.
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