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PHOTOS: Easter Sunday Style

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.08.2012

"Now they stroll up and down the aisles of the church, stars of splendor, beauty beyond measurement. Black ladies in hats," Maya Angelou writes in Cro...

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Ebony's Beautiful Whitney Tribute

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Bv-Fashion-and-Beauty, Whitney Houston Style, Whitney Houston, Video, Whitney Houston Tribute, Hair-Beauty, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Slidepollajax, Black Voices News

The tragic loss of Whitney Houston is still weighing heavy on our hearts. But it's touching to see various publications celebrating the legend in thei...

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Desirée Rogers Re-Energizes Ebony Magazine

wwd.com | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Johnson Publishing Co., Desiree Roger Ebony Magazine, Desiree Rogers, Desiree Rogers Johnson Publishing, Ebony Magazine, Johnson Publishing, Desiree Rogers Ebony, Ebony, Media News

Eighteen months ago, not long after leaving the White House, Desirée Rogers had a big problem on her hands. She had just been appointed chief executi...

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Ebony.com Gets A Facelift

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Hair-Beauty, Ebony Website, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Linda Johnson Rice, Amy-Dubois-Barnett, Black Voices News

Ebony magazine, the oldest and largest black publication, debuted it's redesigned website today. Under the direction of Ebony's editor-in-chief Am...

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PHOTOS: A Pregnant Nia Long Poses Nude For Ebony Cover

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Nia Long, Video, Naked, Nude, Ebony, Bv-Parenting, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Nia Long Pregnant, Black Voices News

Looks like Angela Simmons isn't the only one willing to get naked for millions to see. The very pregnant Nia Long, bared it all (a la Demi Moore) for ...

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Things Are Looking Up

npr.org | Morning Edition | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Npr, Johnson Publishing, Ebony Johnson Publishing, Ebony, Jet, Desiree Rogers, Magazines, Media News

Johnson Publishing Company, the black American icon based in Chicago, is hiring. It's a sharp turnaround for a company that saw circulation numbers an...

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Experience the New EBONY

Amy DuBois Barnett | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Amy DuBois Barnett, Ebony, New Ebony Magazine, Ebony Magazine, New Ebony, Magazine Ebony, Ebony-Magazine-Overhaul, Black Voices News

For 65 years, EBONY has represented the very best of black America, serving as a voice for those who may have felt invisible and disenfranchised.

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The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Environment, Moringa, Marula. Dika, Hunger, Black Plum, Indigenous, Ebony, Climate Change, Trees, Food News

Nourishing the Planet takes a look at five varieties of tree that you have likely never heard of, but that are helping to alleviate hunger and poverty and protect the environment.

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Black Journalists Returning To Black Press In Greater Numbers

cjr.org | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Essence, African American Journalists, Black Press, Ebony, The Root, African American Journalism, Black Journalists, Media News

Mainstream journalism or a desire to delve more deeply into African-American issues. Whatever the reasons, with increasing frequency, African-American...

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Ebony Magazine Undergoes Huge Overhaul

Advertising Age | By: Follow on Twitter E | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Ebony Magazine Overhaul, Ebony Magazine Redesign, Magazines, Media News

Ebony magazine is introducing what it calls its first cover-to-cover redesign since its introduction in 1945 as part of a bid to regain momentum after...

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Can Desiree Rogers Take Over The Magazine World?

New York Times | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Johnson Publishing Company, Desiree Rogers Johnson Publishing, Ebony, Magazines, Media News

If all this was too brash for Washington's schadenfreude set, then Ms. Rogers seems to have found a more suitable role. Since August, she has been chi...

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Saving Ebony-Jet: One Million Facebook "Likes"

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Johnson Publishing Company, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Ebony-Jet, Linda Johnson Rice, Jim Crow, Social Media, Black America, Black History, Facebook, Media News

Preserving the iconic headquarters of Ebony-Jet has become a common focus of numerous debates. Some believe a part of Black American history is being sold.

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Desiree Rogers Joins Johnson Publishing As Consultant

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linda Johnson Rice, Jet, Ebony Magazine, Chicago Media, African American Magazine, Johnson Publishing, Jet Magazine, Desiree Rogers Chicago, Ebony, Desiree Rogers Johnson Publishing, Desiree Rogers, Chicago News

Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has been hired by struggling Chicago-based Johnson Publishing--the world's largest African-American...

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Ebony's Eunice Johnson Dies

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson and a fashion maven who ran thousands of traveling runway shows aimed...

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Eunice W. Johnson Tribute Luncheon At The Met (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Priyanka Boghani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Isabel Toledo, Bill Clinton, Ebony, Eunice Johnson, Anna Wintour, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Slideshow, New York News

The sophisticated and stylish descended on the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Eunice W. Johnson Tribute Luncheon on January 11th. Johnson, the i...

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Eunice Johnson Dead: Fashion Icon, Widow Of "Ebony" Founder John Johnson Dies

Crain's Chicago Business | Shia K. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Eunice Johnson, Chicago, Johnson Publishing, Ebony Fashion Fair, Black, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Fashion, John Johnson, Fashion Fair, African American, Chicago News

Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony founder John Johnson and an icon in her own right, died Sunday....

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Apple's New Tablet? Been There, Done That

Bryan Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports Illustrated, Newspapers, Conde Nast, San Jose Mercury News, Roger Fidler, Apple, Kindle, Popular Science, Apple Tablet, E-Reader, Media, Knight Ridder Newspapers, University of Missouri, Viewtron, Medill School of Journalism, Ebony, Technology, Technology News

Sixteen years ago, Roger Fidler was at the top of the newspaper technology world. Sitting on his desk was a prototype of a thin electronic tablet that was poised to revolutionize the print media.

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This Week in Magazines: Two Different Ways of Remembering Michael

James Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, This Week in Magazines, Ebony, New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Media News

Adoring Michael Jackson fans, and their many journalistic enablers, will gag over a stinging critique in the Aug. 13 New York Review of Books, a high-brow publication not likely to be found by their beds.

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This Week in Magazines: Eric Holder Mulls Investigating Alleged Bush-Era Torture

James Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Time, Architectural Digest, The Week, Ebony, Media, Eric Holder, Magazines, Dick Cheney, Media News

Attorney General Eric Holder might not heed what seems to be the White House preference not to look back and investigate allegations of Bush-approved torture of detainees and enemy combatants.

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Ebony Names Obama Its First "Person Of The Year"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The latest issue of Ebony magazine, which hits newsstands next week, features the first post-election interview with President-elect Barack Obama and ...

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Obama Gives Ebony First Post-Election Interview, Photoshoot

The Swamp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Victory, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Barack Obama, Chicago, Media News

So which magazine was the first to get a sit down interview and photo shoot with President-elect Barack Obama? Ebony Magazine, which was visited by t...

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Obama Has Meeting At Johnson Publishing

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama's Schedule, Jet, Ebony, President Obama, Obama Johnson Publishing, Johnson Publishing Company, Obama Transition Schedule, Obama Ebony, Chicago News

In a day with little information for the news media, President-elect Barack Obama held a meeting at Johnson Publishing Company. From the pool report...

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Workplace Revenge: A Worker Bee Strikes Back

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Media, Jet, Laveist Johnson, Laveist Ebony Jet, Ebony, Johnson Publishing Company, Will LaVeist, Linda Johnson Rice, John H Johnson, Chicago News

As you read this, there is a growing scandal in the world of Black media involving Johnson Publishing Company, the parent company of Ebony/Jet magazines, and the most prestigious black-owned publishing company in the world.

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Obama Family Continues Tour Of American Magazine Covers

WWD | Stephanie D. Smith and Irin Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama and family will be making the rounds on even more covers once the September issues of the monthlies hit newsstands. First, the entire fam...

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Michelle Obama Photographed For Ebony Magazine

Womens Wear Daily | Stephanie D. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama Photo Shoot, Michelle Obama, Ebony Magazine, Michelle Obama Ebony, Michelle Obama Magazines, Ebony, Media News

Looks like Michelle Obama wasn't shot for Essence after all while she was in town two weeks ago for a fund-raiser with New York's fashion elite and he...

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