In addition to the challenges facing the entire magazine industry, music magazines face their own set of additional challenges — according to a former writer at one of them. Slate July 28, 2009
Link to 17-minute National Public Radio audio file about the disproportionate effect of the recession on ethnic magazines is available here. July 7, 2009
The music magazine is also cutting its rate base from 850,000 to 800,000 Mediaweek (Sept. 4, 2008)
As many music mags have seen recently, Vibe’s ad pages have been plummeting in recent months. In order to compensate for the loss, Vibe will cut its rate base from 850,000 to 800,000 and hike up the cover price from $3.99 to $4.99. Steve Aaron, CEO of Vibe Media Group, reported that sales did not [...]