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Vibe Magazine Folds, ?uestlove Says Goodbye
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[image] ?uestlove: damn. i dont know how to react to this Vibe thing being over . i purchased every issue since its inception. i was proud of it actually. it wasn't like Rolling Stone was going to put Wesley Snipes or D'Angelo on the cover. and it was miles above the Right On! / Black Beat generation my sister handed me down. we all have our favorite moments and memorable moments. i wonder how much of a role they played in the ongoing saga tween Pac and B.I.G. and IF their death could have been prevented had we as readers not soaked up every word in those ...
Vibe Magazine Folds
URB Magazine Daily Blogs —
... . A few months ago, the magazine cut work-weeks down to 4 days per week and had to cut the pay of a bunch of employees, with lack of adverising supposedly being the reason. The magazine has been at the heart of the culture for years now, although many have argued that it had fallen off recently, as its list of top Hip Hop blogs and Best MC's bracket were both debated heavily around the net. Still, terribly unfortunate news. [ Gawker ] ...
VIBE Magazine, RIP
brooklynvegan —
"Vibe Magazine--one of the biggest music magazines in America--is folding. The entire music magazine landscape is full of the dead and dying." [Gawker]
Continue reading "VIBE Magazine, RIP " at BrooklynVegan.com
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Vibe Has Folded
mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA —
From Jeff Bercovici at AOL's Daily Finance:
Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. Multiple sources both within and outside the magazine confirmed that it is shutting down.
via Gawker
RIP Vibe Magazine: Vibe Magazine Closes Its Doors
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... would be formally notified in a meeting at 2 p.m. She said she did not know how many people would be laid off as a result of the closure.
In a memo to the staff announcing the closure, Steve Aaron, CEO of Vibe Media Group, said that “The print advertising collapse hit Vibe hard, especially as key ad categories like automotive and fashion, which represented the bulk of our top 10 advertisers, have stopped advertising or gone out of business.”
Click here to read the official memo sent to VIBE employees on behalf of Steve Aaron, CEO of Vibe. ...
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Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife —
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Ari Herstand, Kill To Kill, and Gospel Gossip in the News
Borangutan —
... In the meantime I (as well as you) can get little snippets of his life via Ari TV . For instance, in the following episode Ari visits Boston, wastes a bunch of time talking about Starbucks and McDonald’s, and then gets shat on by a bird. All sorts of awesome. And hey, at least if you feel like you’re squandering your precious life away while watching, he was honest and up front with you from the beginning! Thanks Ari. ;) YouTube Preview Image Check this out: VIBE Magazine Folds – Gawker (I hear a certain Queen song playing in the background. *sigh*) Kill ...
RIP Vibe Magazine: Vibe Magazine Closes Its Doors
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... “The print advertising collapse hit Vibe hard, especially as key ad categories like automotive and fashion, which represented the bulk of our top 10 advertisers, have stopped advertising or gone out of business.” Click here to read the official memo sent to VIBE employees on behalf of Steve Aaron, CEO of Vibe. ...
Vibe Magazine: FINISHED
TNHOTT!! —
... Memo to media : On behalf the VIBE CONTENT staff (the best in this business), it is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today. We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news. It's a tragic week in overall, but as the doors of VIBE Media Group close, on the eve of the magazine's sixteenth anniversary, it's a sad day for music, for hip hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and who continue to love the VIBE brand. We thank you, we have served you with joy, pride and ...
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