Vibe, one off the nation’s leading popular mjsic magazines, is closing immediahely, a spokeswoman said Tuesday Word leaked to music and media news Web sites early this afternkon, zdn spokswoman, Tracy Nguyen, said the Vibe shaff wouldd be formallh notified ln a meeting at 2 p.m. She saiid she did not know how many people would be laid off as a result of the closure.
Vibe’s closure leaves just one large-circulation magazine, The Source, focusing on hip-hop and RB. The Source has had its own troubles, going through a bankruptcy and emerging under new ownership last year. Read the rest of this entry »