After 71 years of providing communities of color (more specifically, black communities) worldwide with a reflection of themselves in mass media through publications like Ebony and Jet, Johnson Publishing announced it would be shuttering its doors—for their publishing sector, that is.
In 2014, I was hired as the Entertainment Editor at Ebony magazine, and as someone who’d been reading the magazine for as long as I could remember, getting hired there was surreal.
On Monday, after publicizing a press conference promising the endorsement of 100 black pastors who then said they never actually endorsed him, The Donald said they were pressured into saying that. Or maybe they simply realized they were being played?
Since numerous allegations of sexual assault have come forth against Bill Cosby over the past year, fans of The Cosby Show have found themselves grappling with conflicting emotions. The cover of Ebony Magazine’s November issue brings these complex thoughts to light —what exactly are fans supposed to do when their…
***TRIPLE ALARM EMOJI*** Tina Knowles Lawson is covering the July issue of Ebony. Is she your mother?
Usually the only controversies Gwyneth Paltrow deals with have to do with cookbooks and juice cleanses, but she stepped in a real mire this weekend when she tweeted the n-word. It happened on Friday night when Gwyneth was in Paris and joined her BFF Beyonce for Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne tour stop. While…
Vintage covers and advertising! Seriously, just go look.
Following the birth of her son, Skyler Morrison, Rachel Zoe has been given a $250,000 push present by her husband, Rodger Berman. It's a ring. Not just any ring. A 10 carat cushion-cut Neil Lane diamond. The perfect piece to wear while dealing with poopy diapers. [Radar Online]
Ousted White House social secretary Desiree Rogers will become the CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet. Hopefully at her new gig she will not be constantly criticized for her wardrobe.
Why do so many Mobama covers feature the First Lady with her hands demurely clasped? Deliberate signaling of her approachability? Or is it just how she likes to pose? What does it all mean?
What does "Young Hollywood" look like? According to Vanity Fair, it's pretty, thin, female and white.
If it wasn't enough that Michelle and Barack Obama have been named one of Ebony's 10 Hottest Couples for "[changing] the look of black love," an adorable 1996 interview about their marriage has been discovered.
The way "black" magazines and "mainstream" mags discuss diet strategies is very different, according a recent study done at the University of Iowa. According to a U of Iowa press release: "African-American women's magazines are more likely to encourage fad diets and reliance on faith to lose weight, while mainstream…
