Jet Magazine Publishes Last Issue After 63 Years

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 […]

The ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ (S)ex Tape, It Worked!

From HuffPostLive — “Mimi Faust of ‘Love and Hip Hop’ is the latest reality star to release a tape. Are these (s)ex tapes the new guarantee to becoming a household name, and do we hold the women who make them to different standards, depending on their race?” -A good question asked by HuffPostLive …Before Monday, […]

Ebony Magazine Explores The State of Black Radio

Former radio hosts Wendy Williams, K-Foxx & Sway Calloway and others are featured in a new Ebony feature article titled The State of Black Radio: Death of The Communicator. “In terrestrial radio, you can no longer luxuriate over conversations, so I think I got out just in time,” former radio DJ Wendy Williams explained during […]

Ebony Magazine is Making a Comeback

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 […]