When The Checks Stop Coming In: No More Jet Beauty of the Week?

Posted by Bossip Staff

We barely have enough magazines on the newsstands representing us right now, but to lose two of our oldest and most highly respected pubs would be a major loss.

The black blogosphere is buzzing with the rumor that two media staples of the African American community are on the verge of disappearing. In February, Black Enterprise magazine announced that Ebony and Jet magazines were “restructuring to avoid layoffs,” with the cheerful sub-headline: “Johnson Publishing Co. employees told to reapply for jobs.”

Now in late April, people are e-mailing, tweeting and talking about the possible irrevocable demise of the only media brands every black person in America knows. Some are even starting a campaign to save the magazines with a subscription drive.

We’re not represented on TV or Film like we should be and now we’re becoming invisible in the publishing world too? Damn, we just can’t catch a break. Discuss.

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