Haystack News Plans Channels For Tulsa, Pride, Juneteenth in June

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Pop-up channel focus on relevant, timely events

Haystack News June Channels Pride
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Haystack News, the ad supported streaming new service, is planning to create a series of timely hyper-relevant channels marking events in June.

The first channel, available June 1-4, will focus on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

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The next channel will mark Pride Month from June 7 to June 30.

Juneteenth, marking the end of slavery in the U.S., will be commemorated from June 15 to June 21.

Haystack News will also have a channel following the sentencing of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd. The channel will run from June 23 to June 26.

“Dedicated Haystack News streaming channels are a popular way our users consume news and get multiple perspectives on the Haystack platform,” said Daniel Barreto, co-founder and CEO of Haystack TV. “Our curated channels on trending topics surface high-quality journalism to more of our viewers and allow them a deep-dive experience bringing together news from hundreds of partners.”

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.