Vibe Magazine Sold !

 New York Times:

SpinMedia, a group of music and pop culture Web sites that includes Spin magazine, has bought Vibe, the 21-year-old R&B and hip-hop magazine.

SpinMedia announced the sale on Thursday, saying that it had bought the rights to Vibe's print magazine as well as to its related sites, Vibe.com and Vibevixen.com, from Vibe Media. The price was not disclosed.

The sale reunites the two publications, which more than a decade ago were part of the same company, Vibe/Spin Ventures, before each title went through a series of sales.

Usually, when a new company takes over they like to add their unique imprint. I think we could be see some changes to the Vibe Magazine once the new management is in place fully. Maybe they can improve upon the magazine. Hopefully, they will maintain the direction of the publication and just improve the quality of the articles and hopefully figure out away to sell the magazine without a gazillion ads. Time will tell. Do you think that Vibe will look differently as far as it's content and appearance?

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I have gotten the news that Vibe magazine has picked Eminem as the best rapper in the world. HUH? not to say that Em is not a more than averagely gifted MC... best in the world.... 2 things are happening here.. 1- 50 has intimidated somebody..(again) or 2- Eminem has something on somebody. Eminem's body of work does not even warrant that statement. Like I said.... he has some great music and albums that have come out. My question is...can you name a song off of his current album now? My point is being great is not only past but it is present and because there is no age cap in hip hop... the future. Em is a hip hop Icon.. no question... but Em has taken a lot of time of and his recent music has left a little to be desired. ... His group.. D-12 is average at best. (purple pills is my joint though...) Who's the best to do it....? I have to say JAY Z... (he's not my favorite rapper though...) ....for consistency... that means being on the scene, dropping albums doing singles and stuff like that. In hip hop you know what it is... I don't see you.... you must have fell off....comments?