Linda Johnson-Rice

CHICAGO (AP) — Ebony and Jet magazines, which have chronicled African-American life for the past 71 years, have been sold to an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm. Johnson Publishing Co. announced Tuesday that Ebony and digital-only Jet were sold to Clear View Group but didn’t disclose the sale price. The Chicago Tribune reports Johnson Publishing […]

Ebony Magazine has created an online curated collection that holds 5 million images of what the Black experience since 1942, including  photographs of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., singer Billie Holiday and boxer Muhammad Ali. Linda Johnson-Rice, the Chairman of Johnson Publishing, says its part of the legacy of African-American accomplishment that Ebony Magazine has covered […]

In what many see as a heartbreaking development, Johnson Publishing Company, the esteemed African American owned publisher of Ebony, announced plans to sell its photo…

Today marks a new beginning for the legendary Jet Magazine. The magazine has gone digital and starting today, you can download the Jet app and get all the features you’ve enjoyed reading Jet over the years. Its sister publication, Ebony Magazine, will continue its print edition along with its digital incarnation. But Jet Mag, at […]

  Many were shocked when it was announced JET magazine would no longer have a print edition. But Johnson Publishing Company’s chairman, Linda Johnson-Rice tells…