[Caramel1]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/...shutting-down/
Jeff Bercovici
Jun 30th 2009 at 12:22PM

Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. A source with knowledge of the situation tells DailyFinance that the staff has learned the magazine is ceasing publication, and assistants in the offices of editor in chief Danyel Smith and publisher Edgar Hernandez confirmed the news. No further information was immediately available. Messages left for Smith, Hernandez and Vibe Media CEO Steve Aaron were not immediately returned.

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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[MR. FURLY]

Aw well.

[fluffeklowdz]

Dang...

[dondada03]

who cares? does anyone really read that magazine?

[Omar]

oh no not vibe whats next someone will tell me santa doesnt exist?????? I hope not ill be heartbroken!

[pinklady1908]

Good riddance!

[i.am.Bama]

i only looked in them to check for any new JEANS and/or graphic tees

[suede]

the new ownership screwed that magazine up....and they did not handle the downsizing properly..

[JPierpont]

That was always a horrible magazine. Sometimes it seemed to be the homosexual view on Hip Hop. I thought it was ok when it didn't focus on Hip Hop but its coverage there was woeful.

[Diesel]

Homosexual view of Hip Hop?

Please explain that.

One classic issue of Vibe was when they allowed Chris Rock to be guest editor. THAT issue was great.

Other than that, I can't say I really read Vibe that much in recent years.


I think eventually, thanks to the internet, the magazine format is going to face the same fate as the newspaper.