Ebony Magazine's President Obama cover highest selling in it's 67-year history

[EraOfResponsibility]

Ebony® Magazine's January 2009 Barack Obama Collector's Issue Breaks Sales Records

EBONY magazine announced today that its January 2009 issue, featuring President Barack Obama, reached the highest sales in the magazine's 67-year history. With newsstand sales topping 405,000 — more than double an average month — the issue was in high demand at retailers across the country and timed just after his election. This issue featured President Obama's first and exclusive print interview and photo shoot after his Nov. 4 victory. The exclusive interview served as the centerpiece of the special collector's edition, which chronicled the rise of Barack Obama to the most powerful position in the
world.

The commemorative issue, now available online, also offered readers never-before-seen photos, insightful commentaries from all age groups and President Obama, in his own words. And subscribers received the special edition with a first-ever gold EBONY logo.

“The magnitude of President Obama's historic victory demanded that EBONY magazine pay tribute to such an achievement with a commemorative issue. Our mission for over six decades has been to tell our stories like no one else can,” said Linda Johnson Rice, chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., based in Chicago.

For those readers and President Obama fans who were unable to pick up a copy while on newsstands, the issue and special posters of the cover are available online at http://www.ebony.com/assembled/back_issues.html.

[FrenchieCat]

1. As a subscriber, mine was delivered to my doorstep!

Very nice issue!

[Ian David]

2. I submit that 90% of all consumer activity in America is people buying Obama souveniers.

Which on top of the market for effigies of Bush to burn, means economic growth.

[EraOfResponsibility]

4. LMAO!!!............n/m

[politicasista]

3. Great. Subscriber here too

I own this and Essence's cover (the one with PO). The one with MO is nice too. Plus, the family cover too, and a gang a JET mags. :woohoo:

Both magazine staffers did an excellent job of putting them together.

[firedupdem]

5. I love that cover! I'm going to have to venture off into

civilization this weekend and pick one up. I like!

[EraOfResponsibility]

6. it's beautiful...............n/m

[ej510]

10. That's probably their best cover yet.

[angee_is_mad]

7. New color also

Thanks for posting this.

[ej510]

8. I use to be subscribed to ebony, jet, ysb, and source magazine.

[kwassa]

9. subscribers get the gold logo, newstand the red logo

we got the gold