The current media landscape is hardly conducive to launching a publication. Ad-funded journalism has
sharply declined. Digital subscriber bases for newspapers and magazines have proved hard to increase. And that’s not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has crushed fledgling print and digital outfits.
And yet Michele Ghee, who’s been tapped to relaunch iconic Black magazines Ebony and Jet, said she’s up for the challenge. She is taking over as chief executive after the publications’ purchase out of bankruptcy by former NBA player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman and his family.
For the record:
12:57 PM, Jan. 22, 2021This article says a photo of Emmett Till appeared on the cover of a 1955 issue of Jet magazine. The photo appeared on an inside page.