It's been an eventful week for Black media with outlets Ebony, Jet, and The Grio being sold to new ownership.
Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson, stars of the new ABC sitcom “black-ish“, appear on the cover of JET Magazine’s September issue. The magazine actually produced a double cover–one with Anderson and Ross and the other featuring the Jackie Robinson West Little League national champions. (It stands to note that JET Magazine was founded and remains headquartered in Chicago.) […]
Last week Johnson Publishing Company, the Chicago based entity that has printed Ebony and JET magazines for the last sixty plus years made a big announcement: JET was going digital. The printed pocket-sized weekly digest for Black America is no longer; the brand has phased into offering daily online content instead, available at JETmag.com. But the […]
JET magazine is giving away cash for college! According to a press release, the publication has teamed up with NBC Universal’s The Best Man Holiday to give away five scholarships for $1,760. The Spring 2014 Scholarship, in conjunction with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, is open to currently enrolled, full-time college students with a 3.0 […]
Interview by: Danielle Young Fantasia Barrino demanded an apology from JET Magazine. And, she got it! The 62-year-old publication, known for its early role in the Civil Rights Movement, featured the “American Idol” on the cover of their March 2013 issue. The photo they used on the cover, however was 10-years-old. Fantasia, upset and rightly […]
Garcelle Beauvais covers this week’s edition of Jet magazine (June 6) where, inside, she discusses discovering her husband’s secret affair and becoming a single mom. Read some excerpts below! On her feelings when she discover her husband cheating: I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. Not because I am special, but because I have […]
Raven-Symone is featured inside next week’s JET Magazine (June 13) where she talks about why she’s not dating, who would make her perfect man, and how her family affects her fame. On why she’s not dating right now: I’m tired of being a mother. I’m not a real mother, but you know what I mean. […]
Singer, actor and now author, Tyrese Gibson, caught up with the editors of JET magazine recently where he discussed topics like his upcoming roles in Fast Five (a part of the Fast and the Furious series) and another Transformers movie which are both scheduled to hit theaters this summer. Tyrese also spoke about his new […]
Nia Long covers this coming week’s issue of Jet magazine, March 21-28 . Inside, she discusses motherhood, turning 40 and deleting old friends from her Blackberry. L.A. Reid Leaves Island Def Jam, Joins “X-Factor” On friends in the industry: My social circle is a little bit different and so much better. You know every now […]
The always flawless Halle Berry graces the cover of the new issue of Jet magazine that hits newsstands on January 3,2011. Halle discusses aging, her role in “Frankie and Alice,” which won her a Golden Globe nomination, and “For Colored Girls.” The new issue also features an interview with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. […]
Keyshia Cole is on the promotional circuit for her new album, “Calling All Hearts.” She covers the latest issue of JET magazine, in which she talks about the album, as well as her plans for the holidays with her fiancé Daniel and 9-month-old son Daniel Hiram Gibson, Jr. The cover photo seems to have been […]
Janet Jackson covers this week’s issue of Jet magazine. Looking radiant in red, Janet discusses her new movie role in “For Colored Girls” and her new boyfriend. In the upcoming Tyler Perry drama due November 5, Janet plays a high-maintenance magazine editor. Of her relationship with boyfriend Wissam Al Mana, Janet speaks briefly, only saying […]
