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Ebony from pageAT Ebony Media Operations, will also maintain the mag azine's Chicago headquar ters and its New York edi torial office. Both sides declined to disclose the sale price of Ebony and Jet. However, some Ebony alumni believe Clear View Group bagged Ebony and Jet for a price that would have John H. Johnson rolling over in his grave. The news angered many former Ebony employees. Many believe the sale is another bad business decision that follows years of turnover and misman agement at the two iconic magazines that lost their original purpose. Filled with fluff and light stories on beauty and fashion, sources say top executives who lacked the vision and passion of John H. Johnson stripped Ebony and Jet of their soul. While Johnson Publishing Company's top brass say the deal ensures the continuation of Ebony and Jet, many blacks bemoan the end of two his toric, family-owned publi cations that shaped and ele vated American black cul ture more than any publica tion, Black or white. Stories and photos of black Americans and celebrities were often left out of mainstream newspa pers and magazines. Model and actress Diahann Carroll made her career debut in Ebony. Billy Dee Williams stopped by the office shortly after filming "Lady Sings the Blues," with Diana Ross. The announcement of the purchase was the first of several moves that ush ered in a new chapter in Ebony and Jet's future. Ebony's current Editor-in Chief Kiema Mayo jumped ship to take a position as senior vice president of content and brands at Interactive One. Hours after the announcement, Columbia College Chicago announced that it was put ting the iconic Johnson Publishing headquarters building up for sale. Six years ago, the school pur chased the building at 820 S. Michigan from the Johnson family. The deal with Clear View Group capped years of uncertainty and specula tion of Ebony and Jet mag azines. Both publications were hemorrhaging as they competed with Essence magazine, a younger Black female-oriented publica tion that has made big gains on its older rivals. That 46-year-old publica tion is owned by Time Inc. Still, many black and mainstream publications, have been losing millions of dollars in advertising revenue to the Internet since the late 1990s. On June 23, 2014, Jet maga zine ? Ebony's pocket book-sized sister publica tion that had been around for 71 years ? published its final print edition. Jet, the digital version still* exists. Both publications are now under new ownership, but with a deal shrouded in mystery, the future of Ebony and Jet remain uncertain. It's been report ed that Clear View Group is black-owned, but a search for the owner Michael Gibson, turned up empty. The Crusader was unable to find any informa tion or website on the Clear View Group. There are also ques tions as to why a black businessman buying Ebony and Jet would refrain from appearing in public to proudly announce the hero ic rescue- of two iconic magazines. What risks could there be for such a move? Johnson Publishing did not return an email from the Crusader, but in a tele vision interview with Roland Martin on "NewsOne Now," Rogers remained tight-lipped about Ebony's new owner. She defended the sale of the iconic magazine, describing it as "extremely important" few Ebony's sur vival. ? , . ?. I? ? ChromckRk Photo Whole Man Ministries' Homes 4 Our Heroes initiative has one house left to finish rehabbing on Cameron Avenue. Whole Man from page A1 "It's amazing for me to see a people, the veterans, that have fallen and need a helping hand," he said. "Once such a vital part of our society, to see them where they seem like they've lost their dig nity, but when they get keys to their own place, to see the change in them, it's amazing." The city gave grants to various community organi zations in this year's budg et like the Aits Council, Experiment in Self Reliance and HARRY Veterans Community Outreach Organization. Those organizations were ehosen based on the recom mendations of the Community Agency Allocation Committee. The committee is made of nine citizens who review city grant requests. Other organizations that were turned down this year were Women of Wisdom, Josh Howard Foundation, Industries for the Blind, and a Freedom Tree at IDR (Institute for Dismantling Racism) initiative called Share Cooperative of Winston-Salem. Separately, Whole Man has been raising funds to finish restoring its last house on Cameron Avenue. Homes 4 Our Heroes has used volunteer labor to convert five dilapidated houses on Cameron into duplexes for homeless vet erans. Currently, four are completed and house six veterans. BB&T has given $20,000 in donations and in-kind volunteer labor to the last house. The project still has $30j000 to go and, if all goes well, it will be completed by Veterans Day of this year. Whole Man pastor Barry Washington said he plans to fund the effort by raffling a donated car and applying for other grants. "We will continue to push forward and try to raise funds," he said. He said though the city donated the buildings and gave his organization a loan to help pay for some of the rehab work, Homes 4 Our Heroes has yet to receive a grant from the city. Two houses at other sites were donated to the cause, one is currently occupied with a veteran and the other is in need of rehabilitation before it can be used. "We will continue to push forward and try to raise funds." -Barry Washington, Pastor Discount from page A1 black schools, in addition to UNC-Pembroke and Western Carolina University, increase their enrollments. Charging that his life had also been threatened, Apodaca removed his bill. Fast forward to Monday evening, June 27, when leaders of the state Senate and House announced that they have a $22 billion budget agree ment ready for both houses to ratify this week, and Gov. Pat McCrory to possi bly sign no later than Friday, in time for die new fiscal year beginning July 1. In as part of the new budget is the provision Apodaca said he would kill, a $500-per-semester tuition, this time involving just three schools - UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University and Elizabeth City State University. Senate Majority Leader Phil ? Berger said the schools were re-included because their chancellors asked to be. He added that ECSU was in "critical" need of the program because a March audit showed a sharp drop in enrollment, with only 232 students out of oyer 1186 freshmen admitted who actually enrolled. The Rev. Dr. William Barber n, president of the N.C. NAACP, continues to criticize the move, charg ing that it is just a "shell game" to ultimately close ECSU down. Apodaca says the budget has $40 million allotted to help all three schools with any shortfalls next year. NBTF from page A1 raising $10 million for the exhibits themselves. The commissioners also unanimously approved a $400,000 grant tor tne Arts Council to pur chase a current ly vacant 10,000-square foot building at 419 Spruce Street. The building is next to UNC School of the Arts n A Sparrow Kortenaar aievens center on Fourth Street downtown and may be used as part of potential expansion of the performance venue. According to Arts Council President Jim Sparrow, the building is being considered as a new home for the New Winston Museum, currently located on South Marshall Street, and the NBTF Hall of Fame. It could act as a short term and permanent home for the museums, which are discussing a possible joint operating strategy. He said if the decision is made to use the building for those muse ums, it could open by the time the NBTF happens next year. "It's a possibility we could do relatively quickly if that's something they feel is aligned with what they want to do," said Sparrow. The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and ispublished every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. 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