SaVoy Magazine Relaunches

Posted on March 1, 2005

SaVoy magazine is relaunching under the new leadership of Jazzy Communications, a division of Chicago based Hartman Publishing Ltd., after being out of publication for more than a year. After three years as an edgy yet elegant magazine, SaVoy ceased publication in December 2003 when its parent company Vanguarde Media filed for bankruptcy. Hartman, a veteran in the publishing industry, founded N'DIGO in December 1989 as a monthly lifestyle "magapaper" highlighting Chicago's black leaders and newsmakers. Under Hartman's leadership the circulation has grown from a 50,000 circulation publication to a weekly readership of 625,000 making it the number one African-American weekly in the country.

The February relaunch cover features Barack and Michelle Obama captured by photographer Victor Skrebneski. The 116-page "February 2005 Power Issue" carries 14 articles, features and columns. In honor of Black History Month it also features a photo-essay of 21 power icons featuring the likes of Cab Calloway, Angela Davis and Sean Combs. The article "Fifty Civil Rights Moments After Rosa Parks: The Good, the Bad and the Ignorant" is homage to those moments in history both well-known and forgotten. SaVoy, launching with an existing circulation of 325,000, is honoring all previous subscriptions.