Vibe was supposed to be the Hip-Hop magazine to keep the record straight and raw, but somehow ended up inadvertently watered down by an industry that has, as Jay-Z so eloquently put it, “started T-Painin’ too much” and relying heavily on the auto tune. Quincy Jones, from what we last reported, is considering taking the magazine back and going [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It’s not exactly news that the economic downturn is kicking arse and taking names. And one of those names is Johnson publishing, the company behind the venerable Jet and Ebony magazines. Richard Prince’s Journal-isms column points to an article by Eddie Baeb and Ann Saphir, who wrote Monday in Craig’s Chicago Business, the details of some [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 2009
On Tuesday, April 14, we will be ever so pleased by the unveiling of the 46th anniversary issue of Ebony’s Power 150: “The Most Influential Black Americans.” But look at the cover girls Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis. They are stunning in their white gowns. It is obvious how talented they are, by the way [...]
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
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