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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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Journalist John Quinn, Who Insisted on Diversity, Dies
Gannett Exec Boosted Students, Journalists of Color NABJ Awards Thumbs Down to Ebony, Fox News Dana Canedy Named Pulitzer Administrator Rochelle Riley to Receive Ida B. Wells Award Urban Uprisings Helped to Change Newsrooms Dow Jones to Tackle Gender Issue Now, Race Later Short Takes John C. Quinn, described by one of the editors he…
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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…
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#EbonyOwes: Ebony Magazine Is Blocking Writers It Still Hasn’t Paid
Look at Chance the Rapper looking all dapper on the cover of June’s Ebony issue. You’d think that with a cover story that gives an in-depth look at Chance’s career and rise to fame, the person who’d wrote that article would have gotten paid by now? Nope. Not in the world of Ebony. According to…
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Ebony Responds to #EbonyOwes as Writers Reveal Their Stories
Ebony has responded to the growing criticism that it doesn’t pay the mostly black freelance writers whose works actually make the magazine. On Wednesday, Jagger Blaec penned an article for The Root that followed up on a piece she’d written for The Establishment. A number of writers have since stepped out of the shadows and…
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As #EbonyOwes Trends, Writers Wonder if Ebony Magazine Will Ever Pay Up
Ebony magazine is a legend, a legacy brand that many grew up reading. It’s respected, it’s loved. But unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be paying its writers, and Ebony’s current owners appear to have one view (that everyone will be paid) that goes contrary to reality (people waiting months, even years, for payment). When the…