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In an era in which blogs have become the breaking — though not altogether credible — source for hip-hop related news, gossip and interviews, Vibe magazine announced today that it’s shutting its doors after 16 years in the business.Gawker posted the following note from editor-in-chief Danyel Smith: On behalf the VIBE CONTENT staff (the best in this business), it is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today. We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribu

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Our favorite publication , VIBE Magazine, who I’ve actually been a subscriber of since like 7th grade, has folded after 16 years. Below is the official statement from CEO Steve Aaron and CCO/Editor-In-Chief, Danyel Smith. Courtesy of RapRadar , who also has the final cover ever, which will not be available on newsstands. Damn. Dear VIBE Team: It is with a heavy heart that I share some tough news, VMG is closing down effective today, June 30th. It’s been an 16 incredible years since

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Building your credit is something you certainly need to do for your financial future. Interestingly, at a time when most people are at the critical age to build solid credit, is also the time they are prone to destroy it. This crucial time is during your college years and all too often young people go away to school without the appropriate knowledge of how to handle their finances. While many of them are still financially dependent on their parents, the majority of them should be working toward

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Robert Applebaum is like many of us. He’s barely making a dent on paying off his student loan debt. He struggles to pay his bills on time because he’s too busy spending his hard-earned pay on a hard-earned education he’ll forever be paying for. Back in February, I told you about this 35-year-old attorney, and how he launched a Facebook group to promote student loan forgiveness for the “hard-working, educated middle class” making under $150,000 annually. His logic was if the government let the

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As we reported on PDN , VIBE magazine and the VIBE Media Group are shutting down effective today. Here are two memos from VIBE managers explaining what happened, provided by a company spokesperson. ———– On behalf the VIBE CONTENT staff (the best in this business), it is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today. We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news. It’s a tragic week in overall, but as the doors of

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