origin story
CLE Global wasn’t built in a boardroom.
It was built in between studio sessions, late-night conversations, event flyers, missed opportunities, and the quiet realization that Cleveland had the talent — but not always the infrastructure.
In a city like Cleveland, culture moves fast.
Artists drop projects. Designers launch brands. Podcasts spark movements. Events pack out rooms.
But there was a gap.
No centralized engine.
No ecosystem tying it all together.
No platform built for the culture by someone who understood it from the inside.
So CLE Global became the bridge.
Not just a media brand.
Not just a magazine.
Not just a podcast network.
A holding company.
A cultural amplifier.
A system.