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Bookmark or Share- Linda Johnson Rice, daughter of Ebony founder, resigns from emeritus ...Linda Johnson Rice, photographed in 2013, has resigned as chairman emeritus of the Ebony Media board. Her father founded Ebony magazine, which first hit newsstands in 1945 but has been on a...
- Linda Johnson Rice (1958- ) • - BlackpastLinda Johnson Rice. Fair use image. Former magazine owner Linda Johnson Rice was born on March 22, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois to John and Eunice Johnson. Rice’s father in 1942 founded Johnson Publishing Company which published Ebony and Jet magazines and as a result was the largest black-owned magazine publisher in the United States.
- Rice, Linda Johnson | Encyclopedia.comOverview. At the age of 29, Linda Johnson Rice became one of the youngest publishing executives in the country when she was named president and chief operating officer of the Johnson Publishing Company in 1987. Today, she is one of the few African-American women to hold such a position.
- Johnson Publishing Company - WikipediaThe company's last chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) was the founder's daughter, Linda Johnson Rice. In its final years, Johnson Publishing Company sold off assets including its historic 820 S. Michigan Avenue headquarters in 2011, and its publications in 2016.
- Linda Johnson Rice | Encyclopedia.comLinda Johnson Rice was the first African American woman to be named chief executive officer of a company listed among the top five of the Black Enterprise 100s, the nation's largest black-owned companies. Johnson Publishing, founded by Rice's father, John H. Johnson, had more than $400 million in sales as of 2002 and was the number one black ...
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