Who owns HipHopWired?
HipHopWired is owned by Urban One (the United States, NASDAQ: UONE).[1]
Evidence: Urban One, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Urban One, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Silver Spring
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: UONE NASDAQ: UONEK
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About HipHopWired
HipHopWired is one of the digital platforms and brands of Interactive One, which Urban One's 10-K for 2025 describes as its wholly owned digital platform serving the African-American community through social content, news, information and entertainment websites. The filing names it alongside Bossip and MadameNoire but gives no founding or acquisition date.
What Urban One's annual report says about HipHopWired
Sentences about HipHopWired from Urban One's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Mornings with Erica Campbell Show and the DL Hughley Show; and Interactive One, LLC ("Interactive One"), our wholly owned digital platform serving the African-American community through social content, news, information, and entertainment websites, including its iONE Digital, Cassius and Bossip, HipHopWired and MadameNoire digital platforms and brands.
Interactive One operates the largest social networking site primarily targeting African-Americans and other branded websites, including Bossip, HipHopWired and MadameNoire.
How often Urban One names HipHopWired in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of HipHopWired
Where HipHopWired sits in Urban One
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Urban One
Urban One controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4; Urban One has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| BMC | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Urban One
Urban One is a publicly listed company headquartered in Silver Spring, United States. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: UONE and NASDAQ: UONEK.
Urban One is a Delaware corporation that its 10-K calls an urban-oriented, multi-media company primarily targeting African-American and urban consumers. It operates radio stations under the Radio One brand, a syndication business called Reach Media, the cable networks TV One and CLEO TV, and the digital platforms of Interactive One. It was named Radio One, Inc. until April 2017, and the Radio One name still survives as its radio brand.
🇺🇸 HipHopWired and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; HipHopWired is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of HipHopWired?
The parent company of HipHopWired is Urban One, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is HipHopWired American?
Yes. HipHopWired originated in the United States and its owner, Urban One, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is HipHopWired still owned by Urban One?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, HipHopWired is still owned by Urban One. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Urban One, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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