Author Topic: Vibe Magazine Closing its doors even after their hoopla of greatest rapper. (Read 198 times)

Drudge · « **on:** June 30, 2009, 02:27:02 PM »

VIBE magazine has shut down. The magazine was launched in 1993 by music industry legend Quincy Jones and it served as as widely revered urban magazine. "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," said Danyel Smith, former Chief Content Officer of Vibe Media Group and Editor in Chief of Vibe. "We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news," Smith said in a statement released to AllHipHop.com. "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 excellence, and we will miss you." In the 90's, VIBE experienced meteoric success as a business and an outlet for urban journalism. It has ailed under the ownership of private equity firm Wicks Group of Companies, AOL reported.

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Triple OG Rapsodie · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2009, 02:47:42 PM »

Hell, their greatest rapper alive contest is probably the reason it was shut down, considering how much of a joke it was. How do you have Gucci mane, Webbie, lil Mama, bow wow and Soulja Boy in your contest and forget Rakim, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane and many other legends?

I say good riddance.

Invincible · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2009, 03:12:31 PM »

Like someone said on here I think, with the internet to supply us with news and reviews, magazines are no longer needed. Never bought an issue so I'm not to bothered.