Johnson Publishing Company
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | November 1942 |
| Founder(s) | John H. Johnson Eunice W. Johnson |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
| Key people | Linda Johnson Rice Chairman Desiree Rogers CEO |
| Products | Newspapers, magazines, cosmetics |
| Website | www.JohnsonPublishing.com |
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publishing company founded in November 1942 by John H. Johnson, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, The company is privately held, and its chief executive officer is Desiree Rogers.
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[edit] Background
Led by its flagship publication, Ebony, Johnson Publishing is the largest African-American-owned publishing firm in the United States. It also publishes Jet magazine and operates a book division. In addition, Johnson Publishing produces a line of hair care products (Supreme Beauty) and cosmetics (Fashion Fair) marketed for African-American women, and each year it hosts the Ebony Fashion Fair, a traveling fashion show that raises money for scholarships and charities in cities across the US and Canada.
The company's book division features titles such as The New Ebony Cookbook and the more controversial Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream.
The company also produced the 1954 film The Secret of Selling the Negro Market, which was designed to encourage advertisers to promote their products and services in the African American media.
[edit] Publications
- Ebony - monthly general interest magazine, founded November 1945
- Jet - weekly newsmagazine, founded November 1951
- EbonyJet.com - branded web presence
- Negro Digest, later renamed to Black World
- Ebony Jr - discontinued in 1985[1]
[edit] Divisions
- Fashion Fair, LLC – cosmetics line
- Ebony Fashion Fair – traveling fashion show
- JPC Book Division – book publishing
- JPC Consumer Products, LLC – Ebony lifestyle branding
- Ebony/Jet Entertainment Group, LLC – branded multimedia entertainment
[edit] Former Divisions
- Supreme Beauty Products (Duke/Raveen)
- WJPC Radio
[edit] References
- ^ Laretta Henderson (Fall 200). "Ebony Jr.!: The Rise and Demise of an African American Children's Magazine". Journal of Negro Education. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_200610/ai_n18705758. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- "Company Overview". Johnson Publishing Company. 2008. http://www.johnsonpublishing.com/assembled/about_overview.html. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
[edit] External links
- Johnson Publishing Company official website
- Ebony Fashion Fair official website
- Fashion Fair Cosmetics official website
- John H. Johnson's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
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