Vibe Magazine Is Dead
Wednesday July 1, 2009
Another day, another music magazine bites the dust. This time, it's the leading hip-hop and R&B magazine Vibe that has fallen victim of a declining print industry.
According to the New York Times, Steve Aaron, chief of the Vibe Media Group, sent a memo to staffers earlier today announcing that Vibe would no longer be in operation. Aaron says that the company tried, for months, to either find new investors or “to restructure the huge debt on our small company.”
WIth Vibe and King gone, and XXL struggling to stay afloat, it's safe to assume that The Source is on suicide watch.
Comments
A sad day in the hip-hop culture. I have been a longtime subscriber and am sad to see this happen.
RIP VIBE, YOU WILL BE MISSED!
I don’t like to leave negative comments, but Vibe magazine is one magazine I love to see go. There ridiculous ‘Best Rapper’ BS just caused a bunch of feuds to re-ignite (lupe, q) and new ones. Purposely pitting some against another. Otherwise their website/magazine was fine.