private industry mass media founded november 1942 ; 73 years ago 1942 11 founder john harold johnson eunice walker johnson headquarters 200 s. michigan avenue chicago illinois 1 key people linda johnson rice chairman desiree rogers chief executive officer products books magazines television cosmetics revenue us 90 million 2013 2 3 website johnsonpublishing.com johnson publishing company inc. is an american publishing company founded in november 1942 by businessman john h. johnson . headquartered at 200 s. michigan avenue in chicago illinois united states . led by its flagship publication ebony johnson publishing is the largest african american owned publishing firm in the united states . johnson publishing company also published jet magazine a weekly magazine from november 1951 until june 2014 . the company operates a book division which has published books such as the new ebony cookbook and the more controversial forced into glory abraham lincoln s white dream.the company produced the 1954 film the secret of selling the negro market which was designed to encourage advertisers to promote their products and services in the african american media . in 2016 johnson announced the sale of its publications and the creation of a new publisher by the new owner called ebony media corp. the specialty cosmetics business will be retained by johnson . 4 contents 1 background 1.1 ebony jet celebrity showcase 1.2 hair care cosmetics ebony fashion fair 2 publications 2.1 discontinued publications 3 divisions 3.1 former divisions 4 notes 5 references 6 external links background edit johnson publishing company is privately held and its chairman is founders daughter linda johnson rice . desiree rogers serves as the chief executive officer since 2010 . in january 2011 the company sold its headquarters of 39 years located at 820 s. michigan avenue to columbia college chicago . completed in 1972 the building was the first african american owned in downtown chicago . 5 in july 2011 it was announced that jpmorgan was to become a partner in the company . ceo desiree rogers stated that they hold a minority stake and presence on the board . 6 jpc headquarters 1973 . photo by john h. white . ebony jet celebrity showcase edit the company produced ebony jet celebrity showcase a spinoff television show from the two magazines that debuted in august 1982 . 7 it was eventually pulled off the air because johnson h. johnson was dissatisfied with the quality of the guests . 8 after a one year hiatus it returned to syndication with a shortened title and an expanded format with segments on diet fashion and health . 9 ebony jet showcase a weekly nationally syndicated tv show hosted by greg gumbel and deborah crable debuted in september 1985 . 10 11 by the show s third year in 1987 it became the only black syndicated program to reach 92 percent of black u.s television households and 73 percent of u.s. television households strengthening its position as the no. 1 black oriented interview and entertainment show . 12 hair care cosmetics ebony fashion fair edit in addition johnson publishing produces a line of hair care products supreme beauty and cosmetics fashion fair marketed for african american women . each year it hosts the ebony fashion fair a traveling fashion show started in 1958 by eunice w. johnson that raises money for scholarships and charities in cities across the us and canada . publications edit ebony monthly general interest magazine november 1 1945 13 ebonyjet.com branded web presence discontinued publications edit ebony jr may 1973 october 1985 14 resumed online in 2007 15 negro digest november 1942 november 1951 resumed in june 1961 renamed black world may 1970 april 1976 16 17 tan confessions november 1950 august 1952 18 renamed tan september 1952 october 1971 19 20 renamed black stars 19 black stars november 1971 july 1981 21 hue november 1953 22 copper romance november 1953 23 ebony man em november 1985 january 1998 24 e style a catalog venture with spiegel september 1993 25 ebony south africa november december 1995 september 2000 13 26 jet weekly news magazine november 1 1951 june 2014 27 divisions edit fashion fair llc cosmetics line jpc book division book publishing jpc consumer products llc ebony lifestyle branding ebony jet entertainment group llc branded multimedia entertainment former divisions edit supreme beauty products duke raveen wjpc radio now under different ownership as wntd ebony fashion fair traveling fashion show notes edit johnson publishing company contact us what will we really be losing in the ebony jet share buyout 1 http chicagodefender.com 2016 06 16 ebony jet sold 2 jpmorgan becomes minority investor in johnson publishing co. . eurweb . 2011 07 07 . retrieved 2012 04 23 . external link in work help ebony jet tv celebrity showcase set to air in atlanta ; 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johnson ronald maberry 1991 . propaganda and aesthetics the literary politics of african american magazines in the twentieth century . university of massachusetts press . p. 162 . isbn 0870234021 . lomotey kofi 2009 . negro digest . encyclopedia of african american education . 1 . sage publications . p. 490 . isbn 1412940508 . tan confessions microform record no . b13837818 . new york public library catalog . retrieved 2012 12 28 . a b roberson patt foster 1994 . johnson h. johnson . in riley sam g. american magazine journalists 1900 1960 series 2 . dictionary of literary biography . 137 . gale research . p. 132 . isbn 0810353962 . tan chicago ill . record no . b11834957 . new york public library catalog . retrieved 2012 12 28 . black stars microform record no . b10311894 . new york public library catalog . retrieved 2012 12 28 . hue chicago ill . record no . b14153584 . new york public library catalog . retrieved 2012 12 28 . copper romance record no . b10707697 . new york public library catalog . retrieved 2012 12 28 . ebony man em record no . b11612236 . new york public library catalog . retrieved 2012 12 28 . hinds julie 1993 10 06 . expressing culture e style an afrocentric catalog is the latest entry in the hot ethnic market . the seattle times . retrieved 2012 12 28 . remembering johnson h. johnson . ebony . johnson publishing company . 60 12 92 . october 2005 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . publisher s statement four decades of the most important events and the most important people . jet . johnson publishing company . 81 5 4 . 1991 11 18 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . references edit company overview . johnson publishing company . 2008 . retrieved 2008 11 13 . external links edit johnson publishing company official website ebony fashion fair official website fashion fair cosmetics official website john h. johnson s oral history video excerpts at the national visionary leadership project retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title johnson publishing company & oldid 743336749 categories book publishing companies based in illinoiscompanies based in chicagocompanies established in 1942johnson publishingmagazine publishing companies of the united statesmedia companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in illinoisafrican american magazineshidden categories cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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