Professional Bio

Jamaal Finkley

President

BlackTree Media

Jamaal Finkley is quietly carving a niche as a serious player in the current online video-media franchise landscape. His website, BlackTree TV.com, is ranked among YouTube’s top 25 content channels and is featured on over 3,000 websites worldwide.

Since the birth of Black Tree Media, Finkley has provided an array of content coverage ranging from award shows and celebrity red carpet events such as the BET Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Awards, Academy Awards, and Grammy Awards. With over 225 million viewers, BlackTree TV is the premiere source for urban entertainment news and event coverage, which has bridged a partnership with Google.

Prior to the launch of BlackTree Media in 2000, Finkley spent five years as a BET correspondent, covering the BET Awards, Comedy Awards, Rip the Runway, and Celebration of Gospel. Finkley also authored and formatted various DVDs for Warner Bros. including Troy (director’s cut) Veronica Mars: Season 3, The Reaping, Eyes Wide Shut, Shining, Harry Potter 5, Oceans 13, and 300.

More notably, Finkley has established BlackTree TV as apart of Sprint TV’s entertainment sector where BlackTree Media’s diverse audience can get weekly updates on all BlackTree TV material.

In his spare time, Finkley enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife Lydia and three children. He also has an innate passion for biology and journalism alike. In correlation with his future endeavors, Finkley plans to step out of the executive chair and into the creative chair of his career, where he is determined to make his first feature film.