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June 30, 2009

VIBE Shutting Down... Qunicy Jones Wants It Back: 'They just messed my magazine all up'...

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EbonyJet:

“I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com just moments ago during a telephone call to Jones’ London abode. “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.

“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 business. We have got to get into this century.”

Daily Finance:

Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. An assistant in the office of editor in chief Danyel Smith confirmed that the title is ceasing publication. No further information was immediately available. A call to Vibe Media CEO Steve Aaron went to voicemail.

Vibe enjoyed significant success in the late ‘90s and early part of this decade as hip hop and R&B became the nation’s predominant forms of pop music. But in recent years the title has fallen on hard times under its new owner, the Wicks Group, which bought it in 2006. In February, it reduced its circulation and publishing frequency, cut salaries and moved employees to a four-day workweek to save money.


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#1 Me, That's Who... says:

The last issue of Vibe I almost bought was over-priced and felt like there were only about two dozen pages in it, so I put it back down.

Source and XXL have been eating Vibe's lunch for years now.

#2 laydiipurple20 says:

BIGG UP TO THE SOURCE THE ONLY MAG WORTH READING 4 HIP HOP LEFT NOW
R.I.P VIBE


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