Vibe (magazine)

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Vibe

Cover of the April 2008 issue, featuring Janet Jackson
Editor-in-chief	Datwon Thomas
Former editors	Jermaine Hall Danyel Smith Mimi Valdes Emil Wilbekin Alan Light Jonathan Van Meter
Total circulation (2006)	858,469[1]
Founded	September 1993; 30 years ago (1993-09)
Final issue	2014 (print)
Company	Eldridge Industries
Country	United States
Based in	New York City, NY
Language	English
Website	www.vibe.com
ISSN	1070-4701

Vibe is an American music and entertainment magazine founded by producers David Salzman and Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. After shutting down production in the summer of 2009, it was purchased by the private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners, then issued bi-monthly with double covers and a larger online presence. The magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip hop culture. In 2014, the magazine discontinued its print version.^[2]

The magazine features a broader range of interests than its closest competitors The Source and XXL, which focus more narrowly on rap music, or the rock- and pop-centric Rolling Stone and Spin. The May 1998 Vibe article "Racer X" by Ken Li is credited as the basis for the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious and the resulting franchise.^[3]