Uptown Media Launches Uptown Professional
Uptown magazine will soon be getting some company on the shelves and online. Uptown Media, the group that owns Uptown, announced that they will be adding Uptown Professional to their roster. The launch was celebrated last month during two events held in Chicago and New York City. As you’ve probably guessed from the title, the magazine [...]
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 MoreUptown Buys Vibe
AdAge just confirmed hours after an initial report that Uptown was in deep negotiations to purchase resent defunct magazine Vibe that Uptown indeed completed the deal with its private equity backer InterMedia Partner. Uptown Magazine purchased Vibe from CapitalSource. Vibe was shutdown this past June. Updated: The WSJ is reporting that Uptown will bring back [...]
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