A biography for Linda Johnson Ricehasn’t been written yet.
“I am delighted to resume the leadership of both companies.”
“We understand our audience. We write to the things that concern our audience. At one point, it was civil rights. You know, during the '50s and '60s, we were at the forefront.”
“Yves Saint Laurent has a special place in my heart because he was my mother's favorite designer.”
“You have to stay current to compete.”
“There's a sense of authenticity that comes with 'Ebony.' There are very few national media outlets that are majority-African-American owned and really speak to our community with a sense of pride, authority, and ownership. That's what we do.”
“You should never walk out of the house and not feel good about you.”
“The horse is my favorite animal.”
“We kept everything: every major event that's happened to African-Americans since 1945, with 'Ebony' as a repository for all those photographs and as a voice for all that happened.”
“I went to USC in L.A. Part of me is a real West Coast kid. My parents had a house in Palm Springs, which I now have. I spend a lot of time there.”
“We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job.”
“We are well-positioned to continue my father's legacy and move these businesses forward in the future.”
“I'm not so sure we've influenced the general market. But I'm not sure we're trying to do that.”
“Johnson Publishing Co. has always had a first-class image. And until the day I die, I want to keep that image.”
“'Ebony' has been more than a magazine; it is a movement.”
“I think somebody's got to be cutting-edge. It just depends how you want to market your magazines and how big you want them to be. We look upon competition as what it is. It's there, you pay attention to it, but you don't live by it. You have to go on and grind it out day to day and do the best you can with your magazine every single day.”
“My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem.”
“The stories of accomplishments, achievements, challenges, problems, issues, concerns pass down through history, and those are things you take with you in your personal life wherever you go.”
“There was never a push for us to become more practical... Fantasy is what our audience has come to expect.”
“'Ebony' is very inspirational and aspirational to its readers.”