Say it isn’t so! I read the other day that there will be no more VIBE Magazine. I just can’t believe that the magazine I grew up with will no longer be in print. While I have not read or subscribed to VIBE in years, I still remember how excited I was when a shiny new issue arrived. I would look at all the pictures and ads first, and then go back and read the articles – only a few at a time, so I had something to look forward to the next day.

According to a recent article at DailyFinance.com:

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. Vibe enjoyed significant success in the late ’90s and early part of this decade as hip hop and R&B became the nation’s predominant forms of pop music. But in recent years the title has fallen on hard times under its new owner, the Wicks Group, which bought it in 2006. In February, it reduced its circulation and publishing frequency, cut salaries and moved employees to a four-day workweek to save money.

I also read the Quincy Jones plans on buying back VIBE. More details to come.