She and their daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, president of Johnson Publishing, survive him, along with a granddaughter.

Johnson Publishing's sales totaled $216.5 million last year, up by 7.4 percent from $201.5 million in 1987.

Even at its highest circulation, the magazine never pulled in enough advertising, said Christopher D. Benson, a vice president of Johnson Publishing.

Johnson Publishing's sales totaled $252.1 million, up from $241.3 million in 1989.

As such, it easily outpaces the former leader among black-owned businesses, Johnson Publishing, which posted sales of $184 million last year.

Johnson Publishing's sales totaled $241.3 million last year, up by 11.5 percent from $216.5 million in 1988.

A digest-sized sister magazine, Jet, is also published by Johnson Publishing.

Johnson Publishing led last year's rankings.

Emap sold the paper on to Johnson Publishing in the 90s.

Johnson Publishing's sales totaled $261.3 million.