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Quincy Jones Will Not Let Vibe Die [Print Is Dead]
Gawker —
... Magazine was folding. Now Vibe founder Quincy Jones is distraught over the news and determined to save the magazine. How? "I'm'a take it online because print and all that stuff is over." Jones created Vibe back in 1993 to showcase rap and R&B; music in a voice that was younger and edgier than other publications existing at the time, hoping to appeal to young, urban music fans. In 2006 the magazine was purchased by the Wicks Media Group. Jones spoke to Ebony Senior Editor Adrienne Samuels Gibbs this afternoon: "I'm ...
Quincy Jones Wants To Buy VIBE Back
illRoots —
... I wouldn’t mind working with Quincy Jones, and unlike several folks he realizes that print media is deceased. Adrienne Samuels Gibbs has a very thorough article for Ebony Jet that goes over the entire VIBE situation. ...
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SURFING ON STEAM —
Blank Blue get remixed by Nosaj Thing over at L.A. Record. How can you resist? Resident Advisor has a truckload of amazing electronica-based Podcasts. VIBE went bust today. Guess who's probably following the same route? I'm starting to get attached to L.A. twee-poppers The Tartans. And after a couple of listens to Frankel's sophomore album ...
Quincy Jones Hoping To Plug “Vibe” Back In
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
... , Adrienne Samuels Gibbs at EbonyJet.com rang up the magazine’s founder, Quincy Jones. And he already had a plan: “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told Gibbs. “They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m’a take it online because print and all that stuff is over.” ...
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Honey Soul Music —
... effective yesterday (Tues, June 30) but all is not lost because in a “I want my daddy’s records back” move Quincy Jones vows to buy it back and make it an online publication. ...
Quincy Jones Wants to Save the VIBE Brand and Run it Online
Gossip On This! —
In the wake of VIBE Magazine closing its doors indefinitely, musical pioneer Quincy Jones, who founded the popular urban magazine in 1993, says he would like to buy the magazine back and run it online because “print and all that stuff is over.”
“I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com. “They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m gonna take it online because print and all that stuff is over.”
This is good news! We can’t wait to see ...
Quincy Jones Says Vibe Still Has Life, "I'm Tryin To Buy My Magazine Back Now"
SOHH.com Dailies —
While not naming anyone in particular, Jones pointed the finger at an undisclosed source of people responsible for Vibe 's economic problems. "I'm trying to buy my magazine back now," he said in an interview. "They just messed my magazine all up, but I'm gonna get it back. You better believe it, I'ma take it online because print and all that stuff is over. We gotta get into the 21st century you know. Print and all that stuff is over, we gotta remember that. The Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Post Intelligencer . The Miami Herald . They're over the same way as the record ...
Considering the Collapse of VIBE Magazine
ProHipHop: Hip Hop Business —
... that also doesn't shed much light on VIBE but does indicate what some folks more focused on online ventures are thinking. Though I've often criticized VIBE, I remain disappointed to see them go out like this and, whatever Quincy Jones pulls off , if anything, a new web version will ultimately be something different that draws on the power of the VIBE brand. Note: the discussants at Jeff's blog throw the term "venture capital" around quite a bit. Though that is a form of "private equity", venture capital was not involved in the acquisition. Check out this ...
