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The Getty Research Institute and the National Museum of African American History and Culture have acquired the Jet and Ebony photo archive.

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Retired NBA player Ulysses Bridgeman has acquired Ebony Magazine for $14 million.

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Former Johnson Publishing Company executives Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack have purchased the iconic Fashion Fair beauty brand.

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Ebony magazine has laid off a third of its staff and plans on moving its editorial operations to L.A.

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Chicago-based Johnson Publishing has decided to sell Ebony and Jet Magazines to the Clear View Group in Austin, Texas.

On Thursday, Kierna Mayo, Editor-in-Chief of Ebony Magazine, and JeffriAnne Wilder, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Florida, spoke with Roland Martin and the NewsOne Now discussion panel about the magazine cover that has set social media ablaze.

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The Supreme Court blocked a law on Friday that would have left the state of Louisiana with only one abortion clinic. Abortion rights groups saw the decision as a sign of hope for what’s in store for the future of women’s rights.

NewsOne’s Top 5 gives you a quick rundown of the viral stories we’re talking about today. #BoycottStarWarsVII: Racist Twitter Trolls Claim New “Star Wars” Film Promotes White Genocide Shattered: Ebony Magazine Asks If We Can Separate Bill Cosby From Heathcliff Huxtable Black Man Sues NYPD After Spending Six Weeks In Jail For Wearing A Hoodie […]

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Go EIC, that’s my EIC! You betta, you betta…@kiernamayo pic.twitter.com/hL1fiUM7c6 — Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) October 16, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Most people are still shaking the dust off in the wake of EBONY Magazine’s November cover shaking up social media on Thursday. Now the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, veteran media executive Kierna Mayo, is pulling back the cover on […]

NewsOne’s Top 5 gives you a quick rundown of the viral stories we’re talking about today.  “I Feared For My Life:” Teen Tackled By D.C. Police Speaks Out, May File Civil Rights Lawsuit Alabama Man Shuts Down Two Cops Who Stopped Him For “Jogging While Black” Ted Cruz Thinks The Black Lives Matter Movement “Literally” […]

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The latest cover of EBONY magazine, which bears an image of “The Cosby Show” cast with a shattered glass overlay, has sparked controversy amongst its readers.

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The Memphis Police Department has a reputation for discriminating against officers of color. Since the late 1970s, officers within the department have complained that they were passed up for promotions because they were black. In the early 2000s a group of African-American police officers won a legal battle against the department after they accused officials […]