Media Take Out

{{Short description|Blog-style gossip website}} {{Infobox website | name = Media Take Out | logo = Media Takeout Logo.png | logo_size = 250px | screenshot = | caption = | url = https://mediatakeout.com [https://mediatakeout.com] | type = | language = English | registration = | owner = Fred Mwangaguhunga | author = | launch_date = January 2006 | current_status = Active | revenue = Ads }} '''''Media Take Out''''' ('''''MTO News''''') is an entertainment blog-style gossip website focusing primarily on African American celebrity news.

The website was founded by Fred Mwangaguhunga, a former corporate lawyer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2007/06/11/believe_the_hype/ |title=Believe the hype |author=Vanessa E. Jones |access-date=2009-01-31 |date=2007-06-11 |newspaper=Boston Globe}}</ref> Mwangaguhunga was born to Ugandan parents in Washington, D.C., is a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, and received two degrees from Columbia University.<ref name="Jet">{{cite magazine |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_/ai_n27391465 |title=Former attorney now serves up Black celebrity gossip as founder of Mediatakeout.com |accessdate=2009-01-31 |date=2007-09-24 |author=Margena A. Christian |magazine=Jet}}</ref> Mwangaguhunga has been referred to as "The Mogul of Black celebrity news" by Entrepreneur.com.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/the-mogul-of-black-celebrity-news-now-is-when-your/356565 | title=The Mogul of Black Celebrity News: 'Now is when Your Competition is at Its Weakest' | date=23 September 2020 }}</ref>

Mediatakeout frequently experiences high volumes of traffic, reportedly garnering millions of unique visitors monthly.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/business/media/a-gossip-site-finds-its-niche.html | title=A Gossip Site Finds Its Niche | work=The New York Times | date=11 August 2013 | last1=Kaufman | first1=Leslie }}</ref>

The site sometimes garners attention on mainstream media when its stories go viral. Exclusives have been quoted by ''Good Morning America''{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, ''Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen''{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, ''The New York Times''<ref name="nyt"/>, BET Style{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, MTV News{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, and the "Page Six" column of the ''New York Post''{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, and by radio personalities including Wendy Williams{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, Howard Stern{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}, and Tom Joyner{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}. Media Take Out has broken several stories, including Kim Kardashian's first pregnancy, Remy Ma's criminal charges and Michael Jordan's divorce.<ref name="Jet"/>

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==External links== * [http://www.mediatakeout.com/ MediaTakeOut.com]

Category:American blogs Category:Gossip blogs