Ebony Magazine Hires New Editor, CEO Denies Sale Rumors

VIA CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Ebony magazine has named Amy DuBois Barnett, former deputy editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, as its new Editor-in-Chief, the publisher announced today.

Linda Johnson Rice, chairman and CEO of Ebony publisher Johnson Publishing Co., and daughter of the founder, told the Sun-Times today that she wants Barnett to enhance Ebony as a magazine and push it forward with new digital content.