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HBO Max Documentary Tells The Story of Fashion Fair Cosmetics
The Beauty of Blackness examines the rise, fall, and resurgence of an iconic black beauty brand
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NYFW Runs Across the Concrete Jungle—and Atop the Empire State Building
The look trending for Spring-Summer 2022 is clearly ‘Black excellence’.
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Ebony’s Historic Photo Archive Sells for $30 Million to Group Led by J. Paul Getty Trust
Seven decades’ worth of historic Ebony magazine photos documenting black life, both the everyday and the extraordinary, sold for $30 million at auction to a group of philanthropic organizations led by the J. Paul Getty Trust. The photo collection was put up for sale to settle the debts of the magazine’s founding publisher, Johnson Publishing,…
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Historic Ebony Photos Set to Be Auctioned Off for at Least $13,000,000
Photos from the Ebony magazine archives detailing some 70 years of African American life and history, including images of Emmett Till, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Coretta Scott King and so many more, are scheduled to be auctioned off next month in Chicago. The collection, up for sale to pay off secured creditors, or lien holders,…
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Johnson Publishing Sells Ebony to Texas-Based Private-Equity Firm
Johnson Publishing announced Tuesday that it has sold Ebony and Jet magazines to an Austin, Texas-based private-equity firm, bringing to an end more than seven decades of ownership by Johnson Publishing, the Chicago Tribune reports. The amount for which Johnson Publishing sold the influential African-American lifestyle magazines to Clear View Group, an African-American-owned firm, was not disclosed.…