Vibe Founder Quincy Jones “Trying” to Buy Back Magazine
In an exclusive interview with EbonyJet.com (Vibe Closes Down, Quincy Jones Wants it Back), Quincy Jones founder of the newly folded Vibe Magazine, told writer Adrienne Samuels Gibbs that he was trying to buy back the magazine. He also stated that he would bring it back to life “albeit in a slightly different way.” ‘ “I’m [...]
Read MoreVIBE Shuts Down Today
Global Grind and Gawker are reporting from unconfirmed sources that VIBE Magazine is shutting down today, an announcement is reportedly expected at 2pm today. You may remember just a few weeks ago our podcast with Danyel Smith who was recently promoted to Chief Content Office of Vibe Media Group. Vibe also recently announced a new [...]
Read MoreGizaPage Launches Premium Services
GizaPage is a service that allows you to aggregate your online identity in one place. The concept is similar to other sites we’ve covered like Chi.mp and DandyID. The implementation is slightly different, though. In their own words: GizaPage helps organizations strengthen their Web 2.0 roots and control their online identity by giving them a [...]
Read MoreTruFan: Share Your True Passion for Sports
TruFan is a new social network created specifically for passionate sports fans. They make it easy for you to let people know what teams you support and connect with others who share your sports interests. The TruFan.com social media platform is designed specifically to power professional sports communities at the local level enabling fans to share [...]
Read MoreBET Awards Dominate Twitter, Causes Racist Backlash
Say what you will about the content of the BET Awards. I tuned in late but monitored activity on Twitter last night and to be quite honest was surprised and pleased to see not only Twitter’s integration into the show but also the show dominating trending topics on Twitter. They even used the awards show [...]
Read MoreJames Andrews leaves Ketchum Digital to launch EVERYWHERE
James Andrews, Vice President of Ketchum Digital has left his post to strike out on his own. James, along with his two co-founders Danica Kombol, a former VP at Ketchum, and Tamara Knechtel, formerly SVP of Operations at Radio One, has announced the launch of EVERYWHERE, a social media communications and content development company. The [...]
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