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Jet Magazine Publishes Last Issue After 63 Years

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The Iconic Magazine will be only available through a Smart Phone App, The First Issue published in November 1951 cost a nickel to buy Jet magazine, the digest-size publication that has been a staple among African-American readers for 63 years, will release its final print issue on June 9. The cover of its final issue features a number of its most famous previous covers. Inside, Jet has created a retrospective of the news covered since 1951. Johnson Publishing announced last month that Jet, with a circulation of more than 700,000, will transition to a digital-only format. Jet’s new app, available … Continue reading Jet Magazine Publishes Last Issue After 63 Years

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Soul of the South Network Plans Labor Day Launch

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From RICHARD PRINCE’S JOURNAL-ISM – A new African American-oriented television network has posted a video preview of its plans for an unprecedented five hours of daily news programming, which the network’s primary creator, Edwin Avent, said he hopes to have on the air on Labor Day weekend. Avent, former publisher of Heart & Soul magazine, told Journal-isms on Friday that as of this week, Soul of the South will be in 25 markets and that he hopes to reach 55 markets by year’s end. The largest markets include Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta. The network will be broadcast-based, but will also be … Continue reading Soul of the South Network Plans Labor Day Launch

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Looking for Some Oprah Magic: Steve Harvey Talks About His Return to Chicago

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Before Steve Harvey landed his TV sit-com in 1996, he started his radio career in the Windy City  Harvey will move to Chicago from Atlanta to tape the daily show and will do his morning radio show at studios in the Illinois Center when he’s in town, but the radio show and “Family Feud” will both remain based in Atlanta CHICAGO SUN TIMES When Steve Harvey signed on to do a nationally syndicated daytime TV talk show, producers considered basing the program in Connecticut or New York. Harvey’s current hometown, Atlanta, was in the mix too. “But Chicago was my … Continue reading Looking for Some Oprah Magic: Steve Harvey Talks About His Return to Chicago

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>Magic Johnson May Buy Ebony Magazine, Jet Magazine and Johnson Publishing

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>Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson may soon take over a legend in the publishing world — Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Co.Retired NBA star Earvin Magic Johnson is in talks to purchase Johnson Publishing Co., home to Ebony Magazine and Jet Magazine and an archive of iconic photographs documenting U.S. black life for more than half a century. “There have been discussions,” Eric Holoman, president of Los Angeles-based Magic Johnson Enterprises, said in an interview. “There’s no definitive agreement.” He declined to comment further. Johnson, 50, would fold the publisher into Magic Johnson Enterprises, said a person with knowledge of the discussions. … Continue reading >Magic Johnson May Buy Ebony Magazine, Jet Magazine and Johnson Publishing

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>Norm Van Lier, Ex-Chicago Bulls Basketball Legend Dies at 61

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> Norm Van Lier, one of the most popular players in Chicago Bulls history and one of the NBA’s top defensive players in the 1970s, was found dead in his home just blocks away from the team’s arena Thursday. He was 61. The cause of death was not immediately known, authorities said. Van Lier, who most recently worked for Comcast SportsNet Chicago, had been scheduled as a pregame and postgame analyst for Wednesday night’s Bulls game with the New Jersey Nets. Comcast officials became concerned when Van Lier did not show up for work and could not be reached Thursday. … Continue reading >Norm Van Lier, Ex-Chicago Bulls Basketball Legend Dies at 61

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>V103 Chicago Celebrate 20 years; Still "Hits and Dusties"

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>Two decades ago, Barry Mayo reconfigured America’s radio landscape when he introduced the adult urban contemporary format to the dial. He took WBMX-FM 102.7 and transformed it into WVAZ-V103. The rest, as they say, is history. On the recent occasion of the station’s 20th anniversary, some of those responsible for the station’s success—on-air personalities Herb Kent, Troi Tyler and Ramonski Luv, program director Derrick Brown and Scott “Smokin’ ” Silz, production and imaging director—gathered in a studio and talked about life at V103, then, now and down the road. Read more>> Continue reading >V103 Chicago Celebrate 20 years; Still "Hits and Dusties"