Tom Joyner interviews the new Editor-in-Chief A couple of years ago the prospects of Ebony Magazine surviving into the decade of the 2010’s were pretty much doomed. African American consumers simply did not connect with the magazine anymore. The thinness of the magazine, with a lack of major advertising and sponsors was scary. The status […]
> LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 PRNewswire USNewswire – The following is a statement from Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Chairman and CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises: “I would like to salute Linda Johnson Rice and the Johnson family for pioneering the iconic brand of the Johnson Publishing Company, which we have all come to love and respect. Ebony […]
>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 […]
>Johnson Publishing’s chairman and CEO, Linda Johnson Rice has reached what must have been an agonizing decision: Johnson Publishing is seeking a buyer or investor for its flagship publication, Ebony, in an effort aimed at securing the survival of the nation’s oldest magazine devoted to African-American life. It’s unclear whether the company’s other properties, including […]