![]() Rogers told The New York Times, “African-Americans skew higher than the rest of the population in getting their news and information from mobile devices. According to Desiree Rogers, chief executive of the company and former White House social secretary for the Obama administration, the magazine is being geared toward a younger readership who is pressed for time, wants their news delivered succinctly, and desires interactive content as well. Now Jet is going digital, joining the ranks of many others who have also suffered ad revenue woes. We are not saying goodbye to Jet, we are embracing the future as my father did in 1951.” There is more news and far less time to read it,’” Rice contends. When Johnson’s daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, took the magazine’s reigns a few years ago, she made the decision to contemporize the publication, telling the New York Times, “Almost 63 years ago, my father, John Johnson, named the publication Jet because, as he said in the first issue, ‘In the world today, everything is moving faster. Later down the line, Jet also became a place where Blacks could herald their marriages and anniversaries. ![]() The magazine, published in black and white until 1999, became a kind of bible for many in the Black community. Johnson, first called Jet “The Weekly Negro News Magazine,” with the intention that it would be a vehicle to chronicle the then-simmering goings-on of the Civil Rights Movement. ![]() This tradition was started so that Black women could be celebrated as beauties globally. The magazine also maintained its famed “Beauty of the Week”page, where an African-American woman is featured in a swimsuit along with some quick bulleted info about her. Jet’s content ran the gamut, covering everything from news, fashion and beauty, entertainment, nutrition, health. Jet was also a weekly until most recently, when it switched to a publication schedule of about every three weeks or so. Jet magazine, the digest-sized publication that has been a staple among African-American readers for 63 years, is getting out of the print business. 3 on the totem pole as far as circulation figures compared to other Black magazines, such as Ebony and Essence. The 700,000 subscriber publication is No. Therefore, beyond our articles we’ve developed some unique tools to better serve the PWC community.SEE ALSO: Substitute Teacher Accused Of Taping Mouths Of Elementary School Children For Talking Too Much Our team not only enriches each article with informative visuals and engaging pictures, but also includes the most relevant and valuable videos on each topic.īut we at JetDrift also realize that a lot of problems cannot be solved by simply reading an article. We release new long-form articles every week on various topics, such as reviews, industry news, beginners’ guides, how-tos, and more. Our commitment is to share the latest news, along with the most relevant information with the PWC community. Another issue we found was that even with all the information available online, it is often too technical for beginners, or even average riders, to understand without mechanical knowledge.īecause of this, we at JetDrift have compiled the basics under one roof, so that riders can quickly find the information they need and have it explained in the simplest possible way. We started our magazine when we realized how difficult it was to find basic information about PWCs in one convenient place. ![]() We at are a group of jet ski enthusiasts who want to share valuable information with other riders.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |