Essence Communications

CTL-E-0674 · Business · other · 1970–present (digital era focus)

Verified evidence grade of this record

Publisher of Essence magazine, essence.com, and the Essence Festival of Culture; returned to Black ownership in 2018 and weathered COVID-era furloughs.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-040; source research type(s): Business.

Sources

Journal-isms, 'Essence Sold to Black-Owned Firm'; Black Enterprise, 'Essence Magazine Is 100% Black-Owned Once Again'; Colorlines (2018)
Essence.com, 'ESSENCE COVID-19 Economic Impact Statement'; EURweb (2020) (primary source)
AfroTech, 'Group Black... Faces Lawsuits For Millions In Alleged Unpaid Bills'

Record CTL-E-0674 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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