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Thoughts on #EbonyOwes From a Man Who Owes His Career to Ebony
It was October 2011. I was in New York City for an Essence magazine photo shoot and feature on relationship bloggers—a collective that included Demetria Lucas (A Belle in Brooklyn), Jozen Cummings (Until I Get Married) and Anslem Samuel (Naked With Socks On). The shoot was at 5. I got downtown early so I could…
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Rush Limbaugh Flees Hurricane He Dismissed
Roker Scolded Radio Host for Calling Storm ‘Hype’ NAHJ Report Sees Little Progress on Evening News Eric Bolling Out, Charles Payne Back at Fox 38 Ebony Freelancers Seek $70,000 in Back Pay UNC Editor: DACA Students Still Welcome on Staff ‘Additional Hoops’ Asian American Journalists Face Editorials Debate Statues of Rizzo, Foster, Columbus Sessions Wrong…
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#EbonyOwes: Freelancers Sue Historic Black Magazine for $70,000 in Unpaid Invoices
A little over two months after Ebony magazine missed its self-imposed deadline for paying the thousands of dollars it owes its writers, a group of 38 freelancers filed a lawsuit in Illinois’ Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday alleging that they are collectively owed more than $70,000 for their work. Ebony Media and its owner,…
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Journalists, Musicians ‘Co-Signed’ R. Kelly
Reporter Alleges More Exploitation of Black Women Raleigh Paper Drops Columnist After 24-Year Run Sports Columnist Kawakami to Edit Online Startup Chicago Sun-Times Calls Out Institutional Racism Reporting Finds Lead Still Contaminates Urban Soil Ebony Owner Pledges Payments by Month’s End Pushback on Trump Backers’ Attacks on Journalism Statue Honors ‘Willpower Over White Power’ C-SPAN…
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#EbonyOwes: Ebony Magazine Gets the Thumbs-Down From the National Association of Black Journalists
Shots fired! The National Association of Black Journalists on Thursday named Ebony magazine (along with Fox News) as its choice for its annual Thumbs Down Award, which puts on blast anyone or any organization that does something especially bad to black people or black journalists. In a release sent via email and widely shared on…
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National Writers Union Prepares to Take Ebony to Court
It’s been a couple of months since #EbonyOwes became a trending hashtag after several freelancers complained about not getting paid, and now the National Writers Union is preparing to take Ebony magazine to court. Ebony, which is owned by Clear View Group, did not meet its own deadline to pay as much as $200,000 that’s…
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Ebony Misses Deadline to Pay Freelancers
Union to Writers: You’re Having a Ripple Effect N.Y. Times Walkout Backs Copy Editors Media Unite in Backlash Against Trump Tweet ‘Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights’ In ONA, You Can Join as ‘Gender Fluid’ Australia ‘Just So White’ to U.S. Black Journalist Indians Drop Fight Over NFL Team Trademark Public Housing Called Enabler of Gang…
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Fox Drops ‘Fair & Balanced’ Slogan
People of Color Are Among Those Who Mocked It FAMU Won’t House New Black Network After All Reporter’s Attacker Given Community Service Writers Union Not Satisfied With Ebony Pledge Still Not ‘Deadliest Mass Shooting in U.S. History’ No Blacks, Latinas on New Washington Post Product Poynter, NABJ Team for Leadership Training Google Creates Interactive Site…
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Writers Union to Ebony Magazine: Pay Like You Weigh #EbonyOwes
What happens when Ebony magazine promises over and over again that it’s going to pay its freelance writers “soon,” but reportedly throws an expensive Super Bowl party in Houston and hosts a lavish company event in Los Angeles with money that was initially earmarked to pay said freelancers? A union steps in and tells the…
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#EbonyStillOwes: Writers Union Intervenes
Magazine ‘Treats Folks Like Sharecroppers’ Fewer Cries of Alarm Over Far-Right U.S. Terrorists N.Y. Times Eliminates Public Editor Position Scott Pelley Out at ‘CBS Evening News’ Memes Make Fun of Tiger Woods’ Misfortune How to Tell Who’s Serious About Diversity Hispanic Caucus Members to Visit Deported Vets Leaked Papers Reveal Surveillance at Standing Rock Nominate…