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EBONY launches a new look

EbonyDecJan09Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Co. has announced that starting with the December/January issue, EBONY magazine will begin unveiling numerous changes in the iconic brand.

Most evident among the new features is a change in the magazine’s logotype. Gone are the white type characters set on a red rectangular background that have been the publication’s logo since its introduction 64 years ago. The word EBONY is now

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Ebony, Jet Partner With Google

For years, Johnson Publishing Co. kept past issues of Ebony and Jet in bound volumes and on microfilm. If someone needed an old article or photo, staff librarians would unearth it from the archives.

The Chicago-based media company that was a pioneer in covering black history and pop culture made a huge digital leap Wednesday, unveiling a partnership with Google Inc. to digitize the archives of Ebony and Jet magazines, making them searchable on the technology giant’s growing database of publications. Continue reading