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Quincy Jones Wants 'Vibe' Back - Online Only July 1 http://blogs.usatoday.com...rtainment/ Distraught Vibe magazine founder Quincy Jones says he may attempt to buy back the brand he created in 1993 but later sold. “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com in a Tuesday phone call. “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.” Once he recovers from the death of his friend and protégé Michael Jackson, he plans to focus on Vibe. “We gotta get into the 21st century you know,” Jones said. “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.” | |
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vainandy said: There have always been sexy images on album and magazine covers but they are usually sensual and sexy looking. Even "Playboy" covers are artistically done. There's nothing artistic looking about this cover at all. It looks like one of those DVD covers for a black porno movie from the image, all the way down to the generic fonts in the headlines. It just screams cheap and sleazy. i agree! | |
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Quincy Jones Wants 'Vibe' Back - Online Only July 1 http://blogs.usatoday.com...rtainment/ Distraught Vibe magazine founder Quincy Jones says he may attempt to buy back the brand he created in 1993 but later sold. “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com in a Tuesday phone call. “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.” Once he recovers from the death of his friend and protégé Michael Jackson, he plans to focus on Vibe. “We gotta get into the 21st century you know,” Jones said. “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.” Exactly. | |
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TonyVanDam said: Copycat said:
Quincy Jones Wants 'Vibe' Back - Online Only July 1 http://blogs.usatoday.com...rtainment/ Distraught Vibe magazine founder Quincy Jones says he may attempt to buy back the brand he created in 1993 but later sold. “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com in a Tuesday phone call. “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.” Once he recovers from the death of his friend and protégé Michael Jackson, he plans to focus on Vibe. “We gotta get into the 21st century you know,” Jones said. “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.” Exactly. Quincy actually has a very good idea there to revitalize the brand. | |
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He should've did that years ago when VIBE was already going down the tubes. | |
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SoulAlive said: Good riddance! I also used to subscribe to Vibe but I had to cancel to subscription several years ago.It became nothing more than a lame shit hop magazine,focusing mostly on lousy rappers and weak R&B singers.
well, that's because the black music scene of the last years constisted of nothing more than a lame shit hop magazine,focusing mostly on lousy rappers and weak R&B singers. what were they supposed to write about? | |
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sextonseven said: As someone that works in the publishing industry, I think all magazines' days are numbered. I need to find a new line of work.
 I've had access to an s-load of Music related magazines over the years and have definitely noticed that they've become a lot thinner recently. tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Timmy84 said: He should've did that years ago when VIBE was already going down the tubes.
Good point. And I realized Vibe has had a website since the mid 90s  | |
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Cinnie said: Timmy84 said: He should've did that years ago when VIBE was already going down the tubes.
Good point. And I realized Vibe has had a website since the mid 90s Right, so what is Quincy going on about? He didn't get the thing about blogs until after VIBE (as many "music magazines") jumped the shark? Really he didn't think of changing it when Mary J. Blige started complaining about her covers? REALLY? | |
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Timmy84 said: Cinnie said: Good point. And I realized Vibe has had a website since the mid 90s Right, so what is Quincy going on about? He didn't get the thing about blogs until after VIBE (as many "music magazines") jumped the shark? Really he didn't think of changing it when Mary J. Blige started complaining about her covers? REALLY?  Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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graecophilos said: SoulAlive said: Good riddance! I also used to subscribe to Vibe but I had to cancel to subscription several years ago.It became nothing more than a lame shit hop magazine,focusing mostly on lousy rappers and weak R&B singers.
well, that's because the black music scene of the last years constisted of nothing more than a lame shit hop magazine,focusing mostly on lousy rappers and weak R&B singers. what were they supposed to write about? is this ever going to change in my lifetime? Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Vibe magazine sux just like all the other shitty magazine. | |
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Wendy Williams is ragging on the cover something awful. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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JackieBlue said: Timmy84 said: Right, so what is Quincy going on about? He didn't get the thing about blogs until after VIBE (as many "music magazines") jumped the shark? Really he didn't think of changing it when Mary J. Blige started complaining about her covers? REALLY? As great as Quincy is, I don't think he realizes his efforts to do a magazine AND a TV show (let's not forget MadTV) were futile to say the least. Both those venues got some success but not to the level of his own success in the 1980s. If Quincy had been really paying attention to VIBE, we wouldn't be saying RIP to it now would we? 
Good riddance to NoVibe.  | |
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I don't know.. even though I picked up their last issue... I only bought maybe one issue per year, compared to monthly ten years ago.
I missed Scratch magazine more than this. | |
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Cinnie said: I don't know.. even though I picked up their last issue... I only bought maybe one issue per year, compared to monthly ten years ago.
I missed Scratch magazine more than this. It's always those "little engines that could" that always end up closing up shop because consumerism was hard to reach. | |
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Timmy84 said: JackieBlue said: As great as Quincy is, I don't think he realizes his efforts to do a magazine AND a TV show (let's not forget MadTV) were futile to say the least. Both those venues got some success but not to the level of his own success in the 1980s. If Quincy had been really paying attention to VIBE, we wouldn't be saying RIP to it now would we?
Good riddance to NoVibe. True. I remember when both ventures started I thought they were really going to be something big. Altho starting up a magazine is nothing to sneeze at. I believe it to be one of the most difficult ventures to get started. The fact that they both declined to such low levels rather than improving over time says a lot. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Timmy84 said: Cinnie said: I don't know.. even though I picked up their last issue... I only bought maybe one issue per year, compared to monthly ten years ago.
I missed Scratch magazine more than this. It's always those "little engines that could" that always end up closing up shop because consumerism was hard to reach. Hell, I missed Blaze more than this.  | |
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Cinnie said: Timmy84 said: It's always those "little engines that could" that always end up closing up shop because consumerism was hard to reach. Hell, I missed Blaze more than this. Haha, see what I mean? | |
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Timmy84 said: Cinnie said: Hell, I missed Blaze more than this. Haha, see what I mean? Wasn't Blaze an off-shoot of Vibe or some other magazine? | |
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Cinnie said: Timmy84 said: Haha, see what I mean? Wasn't Blaze an off-shoot of Vibe or some other magazine? Yeah I believe so.  | |
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Cinnie said: Timmy84 said: It's always those "little engines that could" that always end up closing up shop because consumerism was hard to reach. Hell, I missed Blaze more than this.  OH MY DEAR SWEET LORD
   I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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IdentityCrisis said: Their final cover:
I won't even state te obvious. she wears a wig? | |
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Graycap23 said: The music biz in general is going the way of the Edsel.
No it's not. Music is not going to disappear. But Vibe was more ads than information. And running an article next to an ad for the artist . . . . . I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. |
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SUPRMAN said: Graycap23 said: The music biz in general is going the way of the Edsel.
No it's not. Music is not going to disappear. But Vibe was more ads than information. And running an article next to an ad for the artist . . . . . true, i've been skimming through a LOT of ads | |
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JackieBlue said: Wendy Williams is ragging on the cover something awful.
She's one of the last people who should be talking about how ANYTHING looks "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: JackieBlue said: Wendy Williams is ragging on the cover something awful.
She's one of the last people who should be talking about how ANYTHING looks My Ma got a little mad at me because I hate that bitch Wendy Williams. She and My mother was friends back in the day in the NY.  | |
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I would love to see a print version of Art Noveau magazine instead
http://www.artnouveaumagazine.com/ "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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Quincy Jones Wants 'Vibe' Back - Online Only July 1 http://blogs.usatoday.com...rtainment/ Distraught Vibe magazine founder Quincy Jones says he may attempt to buy back the brand he created in 1993 but later sold. “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com in a Tuesday phone call. “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.” Once he recovers from the death of his friend and protégé Michael Jackson, he plans to focus on Vibe. “We gotta get into the 21st century you know,” Jones said. “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.” While i'm kinda sorta glad that Q might be doing this, I have to disagree with his assessment that "Print and all that stuff is over". I think if you have a good, quality product, it would be popular. Then again, he might be fighting an uphill battles since, as it's been pointed out: graecophilos said: SoulAlive said: It became nothing more than a lame shit hop magazine,focusing mostly on lousy rappers and weak R&B singers.
well, that's because the black music scene of the last years constisted of nothing more than a lame shit hop magazine,focusing mostly on lousy rappers and weak R&B singers. what were they supposed to write about? • Did you first think Prince was gay? •
Wendy: He’s a girl, for sure, but he’s not gay. He looked at me like a gay woman would look at another woman. Lisa: Totally. He’s like a fancy lesbian. | |
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IdentityCrisis said: Their final cover:
I won't even state te obvious. Ill! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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