Quincy Jones Green Lights His Own Line of Headphones
What better music icon than Quincy Jones to lend his name to a high-end line of custom headphones? Jones has been in the music game for a while and has worked the greatest artist of his and our lifetimes. So it’s only right that he get his own line of headphones as well…
Read MoreQuincy Jones Talks about Future of Music at 2009 SxSW
Quincy Jones is the cat who performed with some of the greatest names in music, produced some of the hottest music for some of the hottest musicians most recently and notably Michael Jackson. He is the founder of Vibe magazine who found the perfect formula of bringing together multiple genres of music with a focus on the vibe and less on the difference. Do you think I’m a fan? I am.
Read MoreCo-Founder of Uptown Dishes on Vibe Deal (part 3)
In this part of our interview with Brett Wright he talks about being a print purest. He makes a point on not trying to make Vibe an affluent publication in its’ rebirth while also stating: “We would not have done Vibe.com if we couldn’t have figured out how to do a print version. We believe [...]
Read MoreCo-Founder of Uptown Dishes on Vibe Deal (part 2)
Brett Wright goes into detail on the new Vibe’s business model and their advertising network referred to in our discussion as the Vibe Lifestyle Network which would not only focus on CPM sales but would service true brand integration opportunities. They hope to not only include Vibe and Uptown but would also like to involve [...]
Read MoreCo-Founder of Uptown Dishes on Vibe Deal (Part 1)
We got a chance to catch-up with Brett Wright Co-Founder of Uptown Media Group and new partner in the acquisition of the recently revived Vibe Magazine this morning. He talks with us about the Partnership’s plan to revive a new version of Vibe that is being dubbed internally as Vibe 2.0. The talks of the [...]
Read MoreInterMedia, Uptown, Blackrock Digital New Owners of Vibe
(New York NY) – InterMedia Partners, in partnership with its portfolio company Uptown Media Group along with Blackrock Digital today announced the purchase of the assets of Vibe and Vibe.com, the preeminent brands for hip-hop & R&B lifestyle and culture. Founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones and Time Warner, Vibe has been an iconic brand [...]
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