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    Ebony’s Owner Michael Gibson: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

    The owner of Ebony magazine sought to reasssure doubters Sunday that despite recent upheaval, “We are absolutely going to survive. This is a profitable business. We’re 100 percent committed.” “We really want to expand our brand,” Michael Gibson, co-founder and chairman of CVG Group, owner of Ebony and Jet, told Journal-isms by telephone, calling plans…

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    Desiree Rogers to Leave Johnson Publishing Co. Along With Most of Ebony’s Masthead

    Jet Editor To Lead Both Publications Black Writer Loses Column Over NRA Ties Disrupter Chooses Activism Over Column Was That Trump in the Stands at Fenway Park? In Spanish, the News Priority Is Immigration Gannett Layoffs Hit Small Papers Hardest The Story of Two Who Ran From Police Short Takes “Desiree Rogers, CEO of Johnson…

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    Who’s Next? Eyes at Fox Shift to Sean Hannity

    Departures Take Toll on Company Loyalist Four of Color Awarded U.S. Nieman Fellowships 10 of Color Win Michigan, Stanford Fellowships April Ryan Named NABJ’s Journalist of the Year Kimbrough Removed as Dean of FAMU J-School Gala Comedian Likens Media to ‘Minorities’ Trump Confused About His Hero, Andrew Jackson Reporter Resigns After Playing Along With N-Word…

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    Ugly Second-Guessing After ESPN Layoffs

    Reporters Pink-Slipped While Pundits Remain Providence Journal Newsroom Fades to White Trump’s Win Another Reason for Racial Diversity K.C. Star Backs Idea of White Privilege Conference White House Press Sees Attacks Only as Distraction FCC Chair Revives Battle Over Net Neutrality The Hurdles in Trying to Diversify Coverage Union Willing to Represent Ebony Freelancers Fox…

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    7 Black Fox Employees to Join Bias Suit, Alleging ‘Arm Wrestling for Whites’ Amusement’

    Ebony Said to Owe Writers Thousands French Rivals Hold Opposing Views on Colonialism National Enquirer Readers Say He’s a ‘Winning Prez’ Good Way to Reach Trump: Go on Cable News ESPN to Cut More Than 40 ‘Talent,’ Sources Say 5 Documentaries Planned for L.A. Riot Anniversary DNA Test Results Surprise Student, Columnist Reporter Covering Boko…

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    Lessons From the Fall of Bill O’Reilly

    Woman Called ‘Hot Chocolate’ Identifies Herself Cecilia Alvear, Former NAHJ President, Dies at 77 White Men ‘Overwhelming’ on Cable Morning Shows TV One Expanding ‘NewsOne Now’ to Two Hours FCC Vote Leads to More Media Consolidation NPR Reports Scant Progress on Diversity Figures 6 ‘Rhoden Fellows’ Named at the Undefeated Census Tests More Hispanic-Friendly Questions…

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    Bill O’Reilly Out, Tucker Carlson in at Fox News

    Latest Allegations Came From Black Women. . . Resentful Fans Enjoyed Skewering Mainstream Social Media Inflated Threat From ‘Facebook Killer’ Black Press Meet With Trump? Why Bother? N.Y. Daily News Didn’t Get the Memo About ‘Negro’ ‘Next to Die’ Inmates Reflect Before Execution LGBTQ Media Help Readers Adjust to Trump Faulty I.D. on N.Y. Times…

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    Facebook Chastened After Broadcasting a Killing

    Cleveland Reports on Another Horror Obama Indicated He Understood the Hatin’ ‘Not an Emmy Big Enough’ for Oprah in Docudrama Stories of How Racial, Environmental Justice Cross 2013 Destruction in Calif. Presaged Standing Rock Reality Check: Police Still Kill People of Color ‘Weeks and Months Without a . . . Latino Expert’ Undefeated Wins Praise…

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    Journalists Talk Race: Out of Our Comfort Zones

    Broadcasters Release Guide to Covering Race Atlanta Journal-Constitution Begins Race Series Ky. Paper Knocked for Story on Passenger’s Past Why We’re Seeing More of the Word ‘Queer’ Native Journalists Say ‘American Indian’ Is OK White House Reporters Pick Comedian Minhaj Murdochs Await Findings of O’Reilly Inquiry Investigation by Students From 18 Schools Awarded Syria’s Citizen…

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    Pulitzers Abound for Reporting on the Defenseless

    3 African Americans Win for Arts and Letters New Editor of British Vogue Is Male and Black 13 Who Died Waiting for Their Day in Court Racial Difference in Car Insurance Doesn’t Add Up AP Intern Died Tragically, but He’s Inspiring Others Arrested Jan. 20, They Still Don’t Have Their Phones Fox Hires Outside Firm…