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Category: Essence (Magazine)
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Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92
As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.
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Michelle Ebanks Named President and CEO of the Apollo
Michelle Ebanks, who most recently served as the president of Essence Communications, will assume the role in July.
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Bernadette Carey Smith, Black Reporter in Mostly White Newsrooms, Dies at 83
The New York Times – Business:She was one of the first Black female journalists at The New York Times and The Washington Post. The Times put her on the staff of a women’s news section.