BET Forms First-Ever Advisory Board, Tapping Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Founder Bob Johnson and More

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

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Paramount Skydance’s BET has formed its first board of advisers, saying the group of six “cultural icons, business leaders and industry visionaries” will help guide the brand’s “continued evolution as a force at the intersection of media, community and culture.”

The six members on the inaugural BET board of advisers are: BET founder Bob Johnson; Queen Latifah, Grammy-winning artist, actress, producer and entrepreneur; LL Cool J, artist, actor and entrepreneur and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee; Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations; Raymond J. McGuire, president of financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard; and George Cheeks, chair of TV Media at Paramount Skydance.

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