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Task – 5 – Research into similar music magazine on which
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you could base your magazine. Map out possible ideas for
your music magazine including names, possible musical
genres and ideas for articles.
The genre of music I am looking to base my magazine on is
R&B/HipHop.
General background information about vibe from Wikipedia which I
felt were important for this task: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_
(magazine)
Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer
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Quincy Jones . The publication predominantly features R&B and hip-
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hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. After shutting
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down production in summer 2009, Vibe was purchased by the
private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners and is now
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issued quarterly with double covers, with a larger online presence,
aided by the Vibe LifeStyle Network, a group of
entertainment/music websites under the Vibe brand. The
magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban
followers of hip-hop culture.

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History
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Quincy Jones launched Vibe in 1993. Miller Publishing bought Vibe
in 1996, and shortly afterward bought Spin . The private equity H H H H
group The Wicks Group of Companies bought the magazine in
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2006. On June 30, 2009, it was announced that Vibe was shutting
its doors and ceasing publication immediately, although according
to Essence , Quincy Jones has stated he would like to keep it alive
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online. After shutting down, private equity investment fund
InterMedia Partners , LP bought Vibe Magazine.
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Covers
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Vibe Magazine was known for the creative direction of their covers.
Trio, TLC were photographed for the cover in firefighters' gear,
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referencing the fact that member Left Eye burned down the house H H
of then-boyfriend and NFL star Andre Rison . The first non- H H H H
photograph cover of Vibe was an illustration of late singer Aaliyah H H
by well known artist/illustrator Alvaro; this was Aaliyah 's very first H H
appearance on the cover as well. Other famous cover subjects are
Brandy , Snoop Dogg , Mariah Carey , Beyoncé , Amerie , Jennifer
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Lopez , Keyshia Cole , Janet Jackson , Lil Wayne , The Fugees ,
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Eminem , T.I. , R. Kelly , Michael Jackson ; All of these artists are
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involved in the music genre of either Rnb or Hip-Hop.

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Content
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Featured segments included the back page list 20 Questions, the
Boomshots column about reggae and Caribbean music by Rob
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Kenner, Revolutions music reviews and Vibe Confidential, a celebrity
gossip column. Next profiled up-and-coming artists. The magazine
also devoted several pages to photo spreads displaying high-end
designer clothing as well as sportswear by urban labels such as
Rocawear and Fubu .
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Vibe made a consistent effort to feature models of all ethnicities in
these pages. Former editor Emil Wilbikin was frequently credited
with styling those pages and keeping fashion in the forefront of the
magazine's identity during the early 2000s. Many clothing brands
created or linked to hip-hop celebrities, such as Sean Combs' Sean H
John , Nelly's Apple Bottoms and G-Unit by 50 Cent found plenty of
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exposure in Vibe's pages. It also contained "The Vibe 100: The
Juiciest People, Places and Things of the Year."
Website
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http://www.vibe.com/
Features:
• Advertisements
• News
• Videos
• Music & Movies
• Photos
• Blogs
• Culture Page
• Masthead – General News
• Similar companies vibe have partnered with
• Slogan
• Subscribe
Stories:
• Amy Whinehouse’s ‘Lioness Hidden Treasures’ is available
today!
• Machine gun Kelly inspires wheelchair bound fan to walk
• Tamala Jones talks her struggle with Brain Aneurysm
• New Mixtape: Nick Cannon ‘Child of The Corn’
• ‘Pariah’ is a must see movie – What’s your coming out Story?

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Image search on Google of Vibe magazine covers.

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Articles:
Another Magazine I could base my magazine on:
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General background information about ‘Billborad’ from Wikipedia
which I felt were important for this task:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)
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Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music H H H H
industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It
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maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track H H
the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a
weekly basis. The two most notable charts are the Billboard Hot H
100 , which ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and is
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based on physical sales, digital sales and radio airplay; and the
Billboard 200 , the corresponding chart for album sales.
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History
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Billboard was founded in Cincinnati on November 1, 1894, by
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William h. Donaldson and James Hennegan. Within a few years of
its founding, it began to carry news of outdoor amusements, a
major consumer of billboard space. Eventually Billboard became the
paper of record for circuses , carnivals , amusement parks , fairs ,
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vaudeville , minstrels , whale shows and other live entertainment.
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The magazine began coverage of motion pictures in 1909 and of H H
radio in the 1920s. At the start of 1961, The Billboard was renamed
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Billboard Music Week. The publication was now devoted almost
entirely to the music industry , with some coverage of coin-operated
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vending and entertainment machines on its jukebox pages. The title
was changed to simply Billboard at the start of 1963. In 2005, the
magazine and its web sites were repositioned to provide coverage of
all forms of digital and mobile entertainment. Shortly after then its
frequency of publication was reduced to monthly, and it finally
ceased publication following its May 2006 issue. Billboard is
headquartered in New York with bureaus in Los Angeles and Miami,
and has editorial correspondents in major cities around the globe.
Covers
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The covers of the magazine range, the only convention they all include is the way the
masthead is created. The magazine as I have proved by the 6 covers they
include people from all different genre of music. However they are all people
that have been high up in the chart music, they are also well known in the
music industry with Billboard’s target audience. Billboard describes its reader’s
as unique, also describing the people on the magazine front covers as unique.
Such people as Rihanna, Beyonce and Adele have had over 17 number ones between
them, proving that Billboard is a chart based magazine.

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Most of bill boards covers feature artists from the genre: R&B, Pop
or Hip-Hop mainly based around the urban society. There house
style is very colourful and the backgrounds are most of the time one
colour.

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Content
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In most of the Billboard issues the content is the same. Including
charts such as: ‘Hot 100’ ‘Billboard 200’ ‘digital songs’ and ‘radio
songs’. The types of genres it covers is RnB, country, rock, latin,
pup, dance and Hip Hop and uncharted music. It includes the latest
music news and new track/mixtape/album releases. It includes
certain cover stories such as “Amy Whinehouse’s final collection for
Fred Perry released”
Billboard Website - http://www.billboard.com/#/
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Features:
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Advertisements
Music News
Videos
Music & Movies
Photos
Blogs
Culture Page
Masthead
Subscribe
Playlist
Charts
Polls
Stories
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Korn Gets Radical in Video Track-by-Track
Korn breaks down their dubstep-inspired new album, "The Path of
Totality" - and takes on the U.S. government - in our latest video
track-by-track.
Thirty Seconds to Mars Live Q&A
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Jared, Shannon and Tomo of Thirty Seconds to Mars came to
Billboard for a live chat with fans 12/5: the eve of their record-
breaking concert in NYC.
2012 Rock Hall Inductees Announced
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The Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers are
among the artists who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame next year. See the entire list of honourees.

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Image Research on Google of Billboard covers:

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Articles: