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Time Inc. Looks to Sell Essence
CEO: New Investor Might Expand Events Business Jim Vance, Inveterate Smoker, Died of Lung Cancer Trump News Saps Attention From World Disasters Somali Americans, Media in Fraught Relationship Glen Nishimura Dies, Editor of USA Today Columns Short Takes Twelve years after Time Inc, assumed control of Essence Communications Partners, ending Essence magazine’s status as a…
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Time Inc. Wants to Sell Majority Stake in Essence
Time Inc. is looking to hand the reins of Essence over to another party, seeking to sell a majority stake in the monthly African-American women’s lifestyle publication. As the Wall Street Journal notes, the announcement—which may come as a surprise to some—is the first big move by the publisher since it opted not to sell…
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Idris Elba Says Marriage Is Not His Life’s Calling
Idris Elba and his sexiness are on the cover of this month’s Essence magazine, and it seems that the actor has learned a lesson from his previous marriage. Basically, it’s never to get married again. In his cover interview, Elba spoke about about work, love and fatherhood and his directorial debut in his upcoming film…
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Black Women Were Basking in Excellence at Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood Awards
“I challenge you not to deny yourselves … we must survive because we love you.” Those were Aja Naomi King’s last words as she left the podium in a room filled with the glow of radiating love and #BlackGirlMagic, also known as the 10th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood event. On Thursday evening, King,…