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VIBE Magazine Sold To SpinMedia, May Become Online Only

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Once again, VIBE magazine has been sold. SpinMedia announced its purchase of the Urban music and fashion title, and its multiple websites, today. 

Reports the 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.

SpinMedia was recently known as Buzz Media. After purchasing Spin last year, it shut down the magazine, although Spin lives on as website only. Thus it seems likely that VIBE may be shuttered, again. In 2009, the VIBE magazine folded, before it was revived again in a matter of months with current Editor-In-Chief, Jermaine Hall, at the helm. In early 2012, Vibe Holdings purchased Blackbook Media. Earlier this year, Len Burnett purchased the Uptown magazine title back from Intermedia Vibe Networks. VIBE was founded back in 1992 by Quincy Jones.

via:hiphopwired

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John Legend Says Kanye West Doesn’t Make Beats Anymore

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Nobody can question Kanye West‘s acumen as a producer. Yeezy has crafted smash hits for Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Freeway, Nas, Lil Wayne and G.O.O.D. Music signee John Legend. Speaking of Legend, the smooth R&B crooner stopped by Power 105‘s The Breakfast Club morning program and chatted up the crew about working with Sade and other news. The big bombshell he dropped, however, was revealing that Kanye West has stopped banging out the beats and instead enlists others to do his some of his heavy lifting. To be fair, Legend didn’t dump on Yeezy as if he’s not involved in the music making process. The singer clarified his statements; he was careful to mention that West is still very much a producer and stating they remain close creative collaborators.

“He doesn’t really make beats anymore,” shared Legend. “But he suggests beats to write to. He has all these young producers coming through and he just curates it and just helps put the album together. He helps write songs, he curates the beat selection, all that, song selection and helps with the videos.” Legend was clear in restating the West is still hands on, after a flabbergasted Charlamagne balked at the news. Legend even added that West will still “tweak” the beats himself but he’s not involved in all stages of the track as once before. “We think of production as making beats, but production is the vision and Kanye is a producer in a classic sense, that’s how Quincy Jones was,” added Legend. John Legend‘s upcoming album Love In The Future is slated to drop June 25

via:hiphopwired.com