November 3, 2009


When Vibe Magazine closed its doors in June, there was a chorus of sadness -- for that magazine's coverage of hip-hop and other music, and for music magazines in general. Two months later, a group of investors stepped in with plans to revive it, both online and in print.

The first edition of the new print Vibe is due to hit stands Dec. 8, and it's bound to stir up controversy. The cover will feature Chris Brown, who pleaded not guilty to assaulting Rihanna in August and has been on tour this fall. Actually, that's half the print run -- the other half will feature rapper Drake. But for all Drake's visibility, Brown's notoriety is already drawing attention.

Advertising Age observes:

If the choice [of Brown] succeeds in generating the buzz that's intended, Vibe's cover will show off the power that print can still wield. Putting a feature about the tarnished pop star online alone, by contrast, probably wouldn't stand to get the same attention.

The new Vibe will print just four times a year; Vibe.com, the new owners insist, is the hub. "Whether it's the magazine, or we decide to do some kind of TV programming down the line," editor in chief Jermaine Hall told Advertising Age, "everything needs to come back to Vibe.com."

Meanwhile, the often snarky Village Voice is pulling for Vibe, in whatever forms it takes.

We wish them luck--may they make enough money to employ all those they once laid off and perhaps, along the way, revive a magazine that was almost always essential, even at the very end.




http://latimesblogs.latim...cover.html

da fuck is that around his neck? looks like a hickey concealer.

BklynBabe said:

Looks like he just got finished robbing a 7-eleven store.

missfee said:

and walked away with just a Slurpee and a hot dog....

BklynBabe said:

lol

His stylist is on a roll..

I wonder if I will get my damn subscription back...

He's wrong for the shirt-I stopped reading Vibe years ago

Chris: howudoin?

Timmy84 said:

Great start, got any positive black role models to "re launch" with?? Whats next TI and Lil Wayne "the jail issue", great mag.

lastdecember said:

Stir up controversy? Chris Brown? REALLY, people????

They want the magazine to sell, don't they?

They should sell it in pet stores. And you know why.

Timmy84 said:

Lol...looking like "Ima man-naw". So fake.

looks like a turtle-neck snood dickey matter of fact he looks ready to insert himself into an opening

If Donatella Versace took a shit it would look like that sweater!
What exactly is his stylist trying to achieve with these overdone modelesque shots?
What's next? "Single Fellas"

HonestMan13 said:

BklynBabe said:

It just might be a snood.

The snood is back:
http://prince.org/msg/100/322785

They should have done a fold out cover special edition. Chris Brown and Ike Turner! Old School and new school but still the same fools!