Money Ebony magazine’s digital staff abruptly laid off without pay as asset auction looms June 21, 2019 N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Comments Off on Ebony magazine’s digital staff abruptly laid off without pay as asset auction looms The team was some of the last staff left of the iconic magazine started by John H. Johnson in 1945. An auction of Ebony's photo archive is set for July 15.