Task 4B Vibe

Launched: Quincy Jones launched Vibe in 1993. This is a quarterly magazine and is now produced with double covers. The magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture. Circulation: 800,000 Music Genre: R&B and Hip-Hop. Based in US, New York City Editor-in-chief: Jermaine Hall Previous Editors: Danyel Smith Mimi Valdes Emil Wilbekin Alan Light Jonathan Van Meter More Info: On June 30, 2009, it was announced that Vibe was shutting its doors and ceasing publication immediately, although according to essence, Quincy Jones has stated he would like to keep it alive online After shutting down, private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners, LP bought Vibe Magazine. Vibe is owned by InterMediaPartners, LP. Vibe made a consistent effort to feature models of all ethnicities in these pages. Former editor Emil Wilbikin was frequently credited with styling those pages and keeping fashion in the forefront of the magazine's identity during the early 2000s. Many clothing brands created or linked to hip-hop celebrities, such as Sean Combs' Sean John, Nelly's Apple Bottoms and G-Unit by 50 Cent found plenty of exposure in Vibe's pages.

Similar Music magazines (Same Genre) Task5 The Source

Launched as a newsletter in 1988 The publisher of this is magazine is Londell McMillan. Its current editor-in-chief is Kimberly Osorio. There are 10 magazines published every year. The current President of publication is Jeremy Miller. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdombased publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source has over 8 million subscribers world-wide. The magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture. The music genre of this magazine is Hip-Hop and R&B.

XXL

Founded in 1997 by HarrisProductions. The magazine's past editors included Reginald C. Dennis (formerly of The Source), Sheena Lester, and Elliott Wilson (formerly of Ego Trip Magazine and the Source and Datwon Thomas (former Editor-In-Chief of King Magazine). In May 2009 Datwon Thomas resigned from XXL and executive editor Vanessa Satten, who had been with XXL since 1998, was named the new Editor-in-Chief.