Ebony (magazine)
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 The 60th anniversary cover featuring actors, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, and Jamie Foxx, November 2005 |
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| Senior Editor | Terry Glover |
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| Categories | Lifestyle magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 1,681,183 [1] |
| Publisher | Linda Johnson Rice |
| First issue | 1945 |
| Company | Johnson Publishing Company |
| Country |  United States |
| Based in | Chicago, Illinois |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.ebonyJET.com |
| ISSN | 0012-9011 |
Ebony, a monthly magazine for the African American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has published continuously since the Autumn of 1945. A digest-sized sister magazine, Jet, is also published by Johnson Publishing.[2]
Ebony cover photography has since its inception focused on African American celebrities and politicians, from Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge to Michael Jackson and Barack Obama. Persistently upbeat like its generic contemporary Life, Ebony has striven always to address African-American issues, personalities, and interests in a positive and self-affirming manner. Corporations here and abroad have for decades created advertising specifically for the pages of Ebony featuring black models driving cars and enjoying soft drinks—the first magazine to feature such ads.
In August 2008 the magazine featured a special 8-cover edition featuring the "25 Coolest Brothers of All Time", the line up featured Jay-Z, Barack Obama, Prince, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Marvin Gaye, Muhammad Ali and Billy Dee Williams.[3] Ebony is one of the most well known Black American magazines in the United States.
In December 2008, Google announced that it was scanning back issues for Google Book Search, making them all available for free.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (2005). "Average Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines". Magazine Publishers of America. http://www.magazine.org/consumer_marketing/circ_trends/16117.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
- ^ Editors (November 1992). "From Negro Digest to Ebony, Jet and Em - Special Issue: 50 Years of JPC - Redefining the Black Image". Ebony. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n1_v48/ai_12811539. Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
- ^ Editors (7 July 2008). "Ebony: The 25 Coolest Brothers Of All Time". TaleTela. http://www.taletela.com/photos/52/1/ebony-the-25-coolest-brothers-of-all-time. Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
- ^ Dave Foulser (9 December 2008). "Search and find magazines on Google Book Search". Google. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/search-and-find-magazines-on-google.html. Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
[edit] External links
- ebonyJET Official website
- Back issues on Google Book Search
- Publishing history of Ebony recounted by Langston Hughes in the 20th anniversary issue of Ebony, November 1965
- John H. Johnson's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
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