David J. Pecker is the publisher of an American celebrity tabloid magazine founded in what year?
David J. Pecker David J. Pecker is the Chairman and CEO of American Media (publisher). He is the publisher of "National Enquirer", "Star", "Sun", "Weekly World News", "Globe", "Men's Fitness", "Muscle and Fitness", "Flex", "Fit Pregnancy" and "Shape". He has served in his current role at AMI since 1999 and previously served as Chairman and CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Médias. He began his career as an accountant and, at CBS Magazines, rose to vice president and controller. As the junior of four employees in a partnership, CBS Magazines was acquired in a leveraged buyout and sold to Hachette. He soon after became CEO at Hachette when the other three partners resigned.
Ebony (magazine) Ebony is a monthly magazine for the African-American market. It was founded by John H. Johnson in Chicago and has published continuously since the autumn of 1945. A digest-sized sister magazine, "Jet", was founded by the Johnson Publishing Company. After 71 years, in 2016, Johnson sold the publications to private equity firm Clear View Group. The new publisher will be known as Ebony Media Corporation.