Founder of Ebony, Jet magazines dies


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Ebony/Jet Magazine Founder John H. Johnson

http://www.johnsonpublishing.com/assembled/johnson_1918_2005.html

Media Giant John H. Johnson Succumbs

EBONY/JET/FASHION FAIR COSMETICS FOUNDER LEAVES HISTORIC LEGACY

John H. Johnson, founder, publisher and chairman of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., died today in Chicago at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was 87. Johnson was the founder of a major international media and cosmetics empire that includes EBONY and JET magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. It is the No. 1 African-American publishing company in the world founded in 1942.

Mr. Johnson borrowed $500 on his mother?s furniture and created a publishing and cosmetics empire is credited as one of the major trailblazers and he is recognized as the founder of the African-American consumer market. The founder and publisher succumbed after an extended illness on the 60th anniversary of EBONY magazine, which, under his leadership, has been the biggest Black-owned magazine in the world for 60 straight years. In 2002, Johnson named Linda Johnson Rice, the chief operating officer, CEO of the company, but retained the title of chairman and publisher until his death.
 
Re: Ebony/Jet Magazine Founder John H. Johnson

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John H. Johnson was a Giant. He built an empire. He will be missed. He kept all of us abreast of black issues. (OK, so I did head for the Jet centerfold first as a kid, but then found it was a great magazine to read). Many people don't know that there are online editions of Jet and Ebony today.
 

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/08/johnson.obit/index.html

(CNN) -- Publisher John H. Johnson, who founded Ebony and Jet magazines, died Monday at age 87, his company said.

The cause of death was not made public, said Latrina Blair, a spokeswoman for Johnson Publishing Co. in Chicago, Illinois.

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Re: Ebony/Jet Magazine Founder John H. Johnson

He's had a great impact on Black America for a long time. RIP Mr. Johnson
 
He will be greatly missed. He has left a legacy for all of us and he was a great Icon. RIP and may God strengthened his family during this time of bereavement.
 
RIP. It's a beautiful thing to see the headquarters off of Michigan Ave. I remeber when they owned radio station WJPC 950AM. Tom Joyner (he was always solo until he got his syndicated show, that's when he became silly) was the morning disc jockey in the late 70's and early 80's. I also remeber "Black Star" and "Ebony Jr." magazines. A definite loss in our business community.

Local news video, click on link.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/080805_ns_johnson.html
 
RIP, Mr. Johnson, and may GOD grant his family & friends the support they need, during this time of bereavement. :(
 
Thank God for his life! He was a man among men. So humble and gracious when I met him as a teenager....I was awestruck. He is a fine example of what the BEST of us can do and what the REST should do!

On to Omega Chapter dear brother. God bless his wife, daughter, and family. To God be the Glory...
 
Alpha Phi Alpha has lost yet another one of its distinguished brothers, from among a seemingly endless litany of many of the same. The nation and world has lost a pioneer in business and publishing.

Rest in peace, Bro. Johnson.


"Farewell, dear Brother, transcendant art thou."
Thy spirit shall dwell with us now" We'll cherish thy mem'ry,
thy good name we'll revere, to thy glory, thy honour
Brother dear."
 
What a role model this man was. He worked hard and built his family a financial empire. He provided jobs for thousands of people. He left his family in a great financial position. That's what it's all about.

Rest in peace Bro.Johnson
 

Thanks Mr. Johnson for your contributions to the black community, and for opening doors that many thought would never be opened, and then keeping them opened once you got the store.

Essence, Black Voices, Black Enterprise, King, XXL, The Source, Vibe, Sister 2 Sister, O, and all the other black periodicals that we now enjoy would not be possible if it wasn't for you.

You will be missed.

NICE
 
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