“I always said I wanted Essence to be like Time Warner, the publishing empire that had movies, books, and television, as well as magazines in its vast holdings. I saw ECI as a miniconglomerate within the African American community. But… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“The first issue of Essence featured a cover showing a beautiful, sensually full-featured black woman crowned by a glistening Afro emerging from shadow into… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I always said I wanted Essence to be like Time Warner, the publishing empire that had movies, books, and television, as well as magazines… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I have always been very clear that I sold Essence to Time Warner with the expectation that the magazine would continue to exercise its… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“On the sale of Essence Communications Inc: "What I would first learn is something that Suzanne de Passe, the legendary Hollywood producer who headed… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I continue to live by many of the rules I learned running a business for nearly forty years, advice dispensed by my mother, Jewell… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I learned an enormous lesson about the value of relationships in doing business. In business interactions it is not just who you know, but… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“We were the brothers 'holding it down' on the business side of the magazine, but it would have to be the 'sisters,' black women,… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“The Essence Woman is a striver, who in 1970 was now educated, worked in new careers, had discretionary income, had the ability to influence,… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
