Brew Biz: Johnson To The Rescue?

Word on the curb is that the Magic Man may be acquiring Ebony and Jet magazines. Both mags have seen its readership dwindle over the years which is surprising because what Grandma's house doesn't have a dusty stack of old ass Jets piled up in the corner? Johnson Publishing Chairman and CEO Linda Johnson Rice has denied reports of the takeover. Say when you want about his speaking skills, it's no big secret that Magic Johnson has business acumen. He owns a host of 24-hour Fitness Worldwide Gyms, some T.G.I. Friday's, movie theaters and a Starbucks. This would be Magic's first foray into media. He's also reportedly in talks to buy the Fashion Fair cosmetic line. I can't co-sign on that move because I haven't rocked anything Fashion Fair since Fuschia Plum lipstick back in the 80s and we see what that cake batter did to Jermaine Jackson grill but maybe his wife Cookie can come in and remix the brand a bit. This right chere is how you build, Brewchies!
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Can We All Just Get Along?: Classic NBA Edition

Magic (I Still Can't Believe They Gave Him A Talk Show) Johnson blasts Isaiah (I WILL SEXUALLY HARASS YOU!) Thomas, in forthcoming book. He admits to helping black ball (he, black balls..hee) him from the 92 Olympics 'Dream Team' and says that Isaiah 'started it' by publicly questioning Magic's sexuality after he announced being HIV positive.

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When he heard the criticisms from his former friend Magic Johnson in a soon-to-be-released book, Isiah Thomas said he'd had enough. And so he began to fight back.
"I'm really hurt, and I really feel taken advantage of for all these years,'' said Thomas, the Hall of Fame point guard and former NBA coach and executive, most recently with the Knicks. "I'm totally blindsided by this. Every time that I've seen Magic, he has been friendly with me. Whenever he came to a Knick game, he was standing in the tunnel [to the locker room] with me. He and [Knicks assistant coach] Herb [Williams] and I, we would go out to dinner in New York. I didn't know he felt this way.''
The criticisms are made by Johnson in When The Game Was Ours, which he co-wrote with Larry Bird and author Jackie MacMullan. The book, to be released on Nov. 4, tells the inside story of the most important rivalry in basketball history.

Read more: Sports Illustrated

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