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Introduction

1820 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60605
U.S.A.
Telephone: (312) 322-9200
Fax: (312) 322-0918
Web site: http://www.johnsonpublishing.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1942 as Negro Digest Publishing Co.
Employees: 2,000
Sales: $488.5 million (2003)
NAIC: 511120 Periodical Publishers; 511130 Book Publishers; 561510 Travel Agencies

Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., is the world's largest African American-owned publishing company. It is the home of Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as Fashion Fair Cosmetics, Ebony Fashion Fair, and the Johnson Publishing Company Book Division. Linda Johnson Rice, daughter of founder John H. Johnson, operates as president and CEO of the company.

1. Introduction
2. Humble Beginnings in 1942
3. Johnson Publishing in the 1980s
4. Company Perspectives:
5. New Ventures in the 1990s
6. Late 1990s and Beyond
7. Key Dates:
8. Principal Subsidiaries
9. Principal Divisions
10. Principal Competitors
11. Further Reading
12. Copyright Page
13. About Page