BlackBook Magazine Back in Print

BLACKBOOK BACK IN PRINT: BlackBook Magazine is ready to reemerge on newsstands on Thursday in a biannual format under founder and editorial and creative director Evanly Schindler. The magazine was last printed under its previous owner, Vibe Media, in summer 2013. That fall, Schindler partnered with Jon Bond, cofounder of advertising agency Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, to buy the magazine. Since then, the duo has focused on BlackBook’s Web site, Bbook.com, to deliver content that spoke to what the magazine had become known for, namely event-driven guides and cultural happenings. With the relaunch of the magazine, Schindler said he wants to return to the original intent of the title — in-depth “idea-based” culture and lifestyle coverage. He pointed to the magazine’s somewhat provocative cover, which portrays Pope Francis blessing the love of an interracial lesbian couple that pairs with the feature entitled “The Pope Who Changed the World” by James Carroll. (BlackBook staff shot the couple, who are models, in London. The magazine used a computer-generated image of Pope Francis blessing them in post-production.) The issue also includes a story on James Franco on working with first-time director Justin Kelly written by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, as well as Janet Mock’s piece “Black Like

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