Blog: The Smoking Section

With this tweet above Twitter was set ablaze this afternoon with the news of Vibe's shutdown. Of course YN was on top of things to relay the news and people responded with a mix of shock, condolences & reminiscing. Pretty soon it was being picked up and confimed by other outlets. Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. Multiple sources both within and outside the magazine confirmed that it is shutting down. Reached for comment, chief financial officer Angela Zucconi said, "We will [...]