Ebony (magazine)

===2005–present===
In December 2008, [[Google]] announced that it was scanning back issues for [[Google Book Search]]. As of that date, all issues from November 1959 to December 2008 were made available for free.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/search-and-find-magazines-on-google.html|title=Search and find magazines on Google Book Search|author=Dave Foulser|date=December 9, 2008|access-date=January 3, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, the [[Johnson Publishing Company]] sold its historic building at 820 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago's loop to [[Columbia College Chicago]]. The same year, ''Ebony'' was redesigned to update its longtime brand. In the past, the magazine was persistently upbeat, much like its postwar contemporary ''Life'' magazine. However, in the 21st century, ''Ebony'' featured more controversial content.

The November 2011 cover featured a pregnant [[Nia Long]], reminiscent of the iconic image of actress [[Demi Moore]] portrayed naked while pregnant on a major magazine cover two decades before. Some of ''Ebony''′s more conservative readers objected to the cover, stating it was inappropriate to feature an unwed, pregnant woman on the cover. The cover made national headlines in ''[[US Weekly]]'' and in a five-minute segment on [[CNN]]. More recent issues questioned whether President Obama was still right for black America and whether [[biracial]] Americans need more acknowledgment in today's society. In 2018, ''Ebony'''s publishing schedule was changed from being published monthly to a double issue published once each month. On May 24, 2019, Clear View Group suspended the print edition of the magazine, with the Spring 2019 issue the last to be printed.<ref name=YGY>Yvonne de Salle, [https://www.tinshingle.com/blog/ebony-magazine-in-flux-reportedly-burns-writers-huge-photo-archive-in-play "Ebony Magazine In Flux – Print Magazine Folds, Digital Seems To Continue"], ''Tin Shingle'', July 8, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.</ref>

In March 2021, the magazine relaunched in digital format.<ref>''Business Insider'', [https://www.businessinsider.com/eden-bridgeman-ebony-jet-magazine-relaunch-interview-2021-3  Eden Bridgeman Talks EBONY and JET relaunch], Interview, March 8, 2021</ref><ref>''The Root'', [https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/rebirth-of-an-icon-ebony-magazine-set-to-digitally-rel-1846381821 'Rebirth of an Icon': Ebony Magazine Set to Digitally Relaunch Today, No Plans for Print Just Yet], March 1, 2021</ref>