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Founder of SheaMoisture, Richelieu Dennis, Acquires Essence From Time Inc.
Essence Communications Inc., the 48-year-old mutliplatform brand that owns Essence magazine and the annual Essence Festival, has gone back to black (ownership), having been acquired by Essence Ventures LLC, an independent African-American-owned company, Essence Ventures announced in a press release. As reported earlier by Journal-isms for The Root, the Essence brand was not part of…
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Essence Won’t Be Part of Time Inc. Sale
Speculation Centers on Value of Successful Festival ‘Washington Week’ Says It Follows Ifill on Diversity Black Woman Promoted at Wall Street Journal N.Y. Times Defends Profile of American Neo-Nazi Tabloids Aside, British Take Markle’s Race in Stride No Escaping Devastation for Puerto Rico’s Reporters Reporter Spoke to Progressives Without Paper’s OK Star Tribune Says Franken’s…
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More Black Women Are Realizing That the Democratic Party Is Full of Shit, New Poll Finds
The Democratic Party has experienced an 11 percent drop in support from black women, while “the percentage of black women who said neither party represents them jumped from 13 percent in 2016 to 21 percent in 2017,” according to the 2017 Power of the Sister Vote poll, conducted by the Black Women’s Roundtable, an intergenerational…
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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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The First Lady Stays Fly: Our Favorite Magazine Covers
Let’s face it: We’re FLOTUS stans. We’re completely taken by her beauty, grace and intelligence, so when Michelle Obama speaks, we listen. Attentively. And seeing the first lady pictured on scores of magazine covers is no different. Our response is pretty consistent: Awe. Every. Single. Time. Through the years, the first lady has graced magazine…