“SAYWROD” TJMS JET MAGAZINE GOES DIGITAL JUNE 29, 2014
“sayword” I can remember as a kid getting this small magazine with famous black actors, singers, activist, etc. on the cover and the infamous Jet Beauty of the week inside. lol Also throughout my lifetime time, from waiting rooms, to barber and beauty shops, to magazine racks you could spot that small magazine from far away. Jet was marketed toward the african-american and urban readers. It came out weekly with a new face of who’s who in the black community. In 1951 most blacks/african americans didn’t have anything to connect them worldwide. Founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing company located in Chicago, Illinois. Jet is notable for its role in chronicling the early days of the American Civil Rights movement from its earliest years, including coverage of the Emmett Till murder, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Still published in small digest-sized format, Jet printed in all or mostly black-and-white until its 27 December 1999 issue. In 2009, Jet’s publishing format was changed; it is now published every week with a double issue published once each month. In 2014, Johnson Publishing Company indicated that it would cease publishing Jet issues at the end of June, continuing solely as a digital magazine app. We are already living in a digital world and JET has stepped up their game and taken Jet from printed copies of the historic magazine and went all the way digital. Which means you can download the app and have the magazine anytime and anywhere you want it. TODAY IS THE DIGITAL KICK OFF FOR JET MAGAZINE. download it right now. Thank you to Linda Johnson (jet magazine) for stopping by The Tom Joyner Morning show for all the info.
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