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Linda Johnson Rice Retakes Ebony CEO Post By Lynne Marek
Linda Johnson Rice
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inda Johnson Rice is back in charge at Ebony magazine, after the exit last week of the African-American magazine company's CEO, Cheryl McKissack. Johnson Rice had remained chairman emeritus of Ebony Media Holdings after a sale last year of a majority stake to an Austin investment firm. Now she will become CEO of the holding company's Ebony Media Operations entity, which publishes
Ebony and Jet magazines online and in print. McKissack had been named CEO of Ebony Media Operations last June in conjunction with the sale to CVG Group, formerly known as Clear View Group. She departed as Johnson Rice is looking to redirect the media company. McKissack "did a really great job during the transition," Johnson Rice, 58, said in an interview. "We've gotten to the point where we just decided to make a change."
Johnson Rice, whose father founded the magazine company, had been CEO of the Chicagobased magazine outlet until she tapped former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers to lead the magazines as CEO of Johnson Publishing in 2010. Rogers is still CEO of Johnson Publishing's now separate Fashion Fair cosmetics entity, which is still owned by Johnson Rice. McKissack couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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