Ebony Magazine Website is Down Following End of Beloved Publication
After years of sales declines, layoffs, lawsuits, bankruptcy and unpaid debts, and Jet magazines appear to be gone for good, as well as parent company, Johnson Publishing Company.
Ebony’s website has also shut down, and visitors to ebony.com are greeted with a message that says: “The site you were looking for couldn’t be found.”
According to The Crusader, an insider with knowledge about the magazine’s website said there were a “lot of issues going,” but didn’t elaborate.
Via The Crusader:
Sources tell the Crusader that Ebony had not paid its remaining five-member digital web staff. They kept the website going with several stories since June 2019. At that time, several media outlets reported that Ebony Media closed for good by laying off its remaining staff members after they walked out when the company couldn’t make payroll.
In the past six months, Ebony’s website has struggled to produce fresh stories and content that harks back to its glory days.
With no magazine and no website, questions remain whether Ebony will celebrate its 75th anniversary.