July 2nd, 2009
Quincy Jones Wants His Vibe Back
Although Quincy Jones probably can’t bring his pal Michael Jackson back from the dead — that is, unless Jacko actually faked his own death — it looks like the legendary producer is trying to resurrect Vibe, the urban music magazine he founded in 1993 and sold in 2006 which announced earlier this week it was ceasing publication. EbonyJet.com spoke to Q after news broke, and he said he’s looking to get it back and turn it into an Internet-only entity (which means you’ll hafta look elsewhere on newsstands — if any music mags will be left within a year — for hot pics of Ciara such as at right):
Vibe magazine founder Quincy Jones is distraught over the news that the famous hip-hop publication shuttered its doors yesterday. Though no longer the owner, he did not anticipate this sudden demise, and he says he’s going to bring it back to life – albeit in a slightly different way.
“I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com just moments ago during a telephone call to Jones’ London abode. “They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m’a take it online because print and all that stuff is over.”
…
Jones says that all publications must figure out how to live online. That’s where he’s going to take Vibe once he recovers from the death of his friend and protégé Michael Jackson.
“We gotta get into the 21st century you know,” Jones said. “ “Print and all that stuff is over, we gotta remember that. The Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Post Intelligencer. The Miami Herald. They’re over the same way as the record business. We have got to get into this century.”
