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Urban Magazine Shakeup. Carlito's Way and O.J. A Quits.
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Vibe's venerable O.J. Lima, televised Hip Hop expert and last executive editor with writing skills is set to depart Vibe magazine this month. Across town at TheSource, Eric Parker is set to depart after allegedly being miffed at being passed over for the Editor-in-Chief spot.
Sit tight for Tuesday's Vibe party for Ludacris at Webster Hall. The venue isn't exacftly the hippest spot in town, what's next, Emerald City? It will indeed be interesting, as it's conspicuously not open bar. What's that all about?
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the beginning of da end? or is it even that big a deal? does anyone really care... |
some of this is not true. |
What an expose...I want a finished story, dammit! |
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2 days and still 2 sentences. CmdrTaco would be ashamed |
I recently heard that OJ LIMA is leaving his position at VIBE by the end of the month. Mimi Valdes is going to step in his place while they interview people for the position.
Is this the end for VIBE MAGAZINE?
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WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT VIBE AND SPIN ARE GOING TO MERGE INTO ONE MUSIC MAGAZINE.....
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PRO JOURNALISTS ONLY -
HIP-HOP EXPERT NEEDED
There is a high profile job open here at Vibe magazine (our former
executive editor, oj lima, has decided to resign so he can finish his
so-called novel). We need a new editor who can edit, write on
occasion, knows a great deal about music and is comfortable doing TV
interviews for CNN, MTV, MSNBC, VH1 and various other networks and
shows in which you will appear. S/he should also be comfortable with
being labeled a "hip hop expert," as well as being able to manage a
staff of 30. Perks include concert tickets to everything, free CDs,
office with windows, expense account, and elbow rubbing with
celebrities.
All resumes and inquiries regarding the position should be directed
towards managing editor, Laura Silverman @ 212.448.7395. |
IS OJ'S OFFICE REALLY BIG LIKE AN EXECUTIVE EDITOR AT TIME INC OR CONDE NAST? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS HELL NO. VIBE IS A JOKE..... |
this is total crap. what shakeup? one editor leaves? he's been there for awhile...is he supposed to edit vibe when he's 50? vibe ain't sports illustrated. (thank god) |
VIBE is a good magzine but magazines go thru this all the time. OJ leaving will not break the magazine. AND if VIBE is not one of the better Urban magazines who is...SAVOY, ESSENCE, who????
ALSO-office space does not reflect how well a person can do in any given position. Let's get some perspective people. |
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Vibe sucks, bunch of pretentious bullshit from people I suppose to like..what the fuck happen to edgy writers with style that new york, la and chicago was known for 20+ years ago???
Urban Magazine? I like the shit coming out from Europe.like fader.nice to see true urban from all cultures and issues represented..it is apparant to me American media don't know what "urban" really is...
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who cares about the size of the office... it's the size of the check that counts. |
FADER is LAME!
It's a magazine full of nothing, They were good at a point but the recent issues have been very light on content. It's just a book full of pictures.FADER suffers from what most so called Urban magazine do...VANITY and EGO. And where is it written that some English guy knows about urban culture....GIVE ME A BREAK! |
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What the fuck do you mean when you say ' what does some english guy know about urban culture.' First of all , what do you know about England? Secondly, black people were in England before all the pomp and circumstance of the royal family.
Have you ever been to London? London as a larger population than New York. Go to Brixton, Harlesden, Tottenham, Hackney with your smug George Bush American ass and act all smug and American and see if your ignorant ass don't get shot down. Yes, shot down .
Read a fucking paper, watch the BBC world news on PBS and you will see that the propoganda your anglo countrymen sell to you is not the reality.
America is the world's cultural marketing machine. Therefore, they market the hell out of some cool looking sambos who can rock the mike and spend untold monies on fashion, cars and drugs. If these are your images and ideology's about what constitutes urban goe and fuck yourself CUNT.
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that post must have been from claude |
YEAH!
Tell 'im, ya limey bastid! {;=0 |
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Let me find out Craig David is trolling UE.......the man run out of Petro! |
Since I've been 'too busy' to peruse this vile tread for a minute, yet you people continue to e-mail your quips and queries --- I've returned. For all of you newbies (translation: lost that dot-com gig, so had to re-register from a public access library pc) check the history before you get it twisted.
Now, get ready to get Carpel Tunnel Syndrome in that right hand dragging that scroll bar this one's gonna be wordy.
1. Who in the hell added my e-mail address to this *SOA discussion board? You people have too much time on your hands sending out spam and nonsense.
2. Alicia Keys is this generations Mariah Carey, mainstreamers always seek out a dysfunctional 'mixed' person to champion their 'Cocoa Cola' inspired fantasies. She is overrated, her style is dated and bland as extract sans the vanilla.
3. I don't care if I never hear another album by the following artists:
-Jay-Z - it's over hova
-R. Kelly - (add a comment)
-Benzino - you can change your name, but not your game when your lame
-India.Arie (dot deez nutz with that 'acoustic soul' mantra)
-112, Jagged Edge or any of these toy/boy bands - ever noticed that you could cut and paste the members and not even notice?
****EMERGENCY INTERRUPTION****
Why are people bumping Brittany Spears in the club and feeling her? Stop the world, I need to throw up.
As you can see, the writing skills are sharper than ever and you magazine editors and cronies will be flooding my inbox for scribes before I hit 'post' --- why, because "I am the shiznit'
s the J
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I have been to england, what a bunch of pompous ass twice a week bathing negros, I guess they are a tad better then their once a week bathing french negros across the channel. |
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[*] Dang - the truth hurts!
"pompous ass twice a week bathing negros". They may call us "pompus ass twice a day bathing negros" but better to be so fresh and so clean vs so dirty and so funky!
As for Vibe Mag. I think the end has been coming for a long time. Right now they need an overhaul. Hopefully they can attract the right talent to make a turnaround. Sadly their rep precedes them. |
I am disgusted by the post by "Corporate nigga.'
You allude that British people and their French counterparts only take baths a couple of times a week! Is there a difference between taking a bath and taking a shower on a daily basis? Would the hygiene of a person be based on individual cleanliness or cultural stereotypes?
The venom of your post displays your ignorance and only adds to the ignorance of someone who may have never stepped out of the US and may only get their world cultural view by watching 30 minute situation comedies.
Your post also just adds to the long list of cultural stereotypes that people use to show some form of cultural or racial superiority.
Would it be fair for me to say the African Americans do not have a bank account, because they do not know how to save money? Would it be fair for me to say that African Americans walk with a shuffle? Would it be fair for me to say that all African Americans are alcoholics and drug abusers? Would it be fair for me to say that African American women are easy?
These are some of the stereotypes that I have been told about African Americans and they were told to me by Anglo Americans. I am black,british and not pompous. I am of Ethiopian heritage ( so does that mean i am some waif of a human, because I am of Ethiopian heritage?).
If you travel around the world you will find that there are cultural differences in every culture, but for you to say that British people are twice a week bathing pompous negroes is foul and ignorant. You are also subscribing to a master race ideology based on being an American negro.
If these are is your philosophy's and ideologies then you have fell for the oldest divide and conquer tactic known to a race of people and worst of all you are advancing an agenda based on hygiene. We could also assume that you feel you are superior because you are in the world's 'master's house.'
I may misinterprete that you have no relationship to your african brothers and their social mores. In some parts of the continent wearing cologne to hide your human scent if considered to be a little feminine.
To my friend form England don't be offended by the "Corporate Nigga.' you know that the so called urban culture is not based on country or locality, but based upon the fun loving and cultural colorfullness of all people of the black diaspora.
I am glad that you bring to the forefront the lack of cultural awareness that people have about their brothers and sisters whom are spread near and far across this globe.
To my fellow British 'rudeboy or girl' you are correct to say that blacks were in England well before the "Royal family." Many do not know that the royal's are of German lineage, but spread there stiff upper lips philosophy arond the world to show there superioty.
But wait this is the same philosophy that the "Corporate negro' is spreading based on hygiene. |
this is all a bunch of rubbish, mate!
vibe + fader + sourcy-source = sucky-sucky.
y'all wouldn't be so ig'nant if y'all would just pick up a book from time to time. and stop watching 'oh, drama!, you chickens of the see (yeah, you 'see me doing my thing; stop sweating me!)
that's just a little jewel from fredro starr to you.
buy my album, fools.
my name is fredro starr 'cuz i shine like one, you suckers!
"one gun, two guns, three guns, four...onyxxxxxxxxxxx!" |
I usually stick to the topic at hand but......now I'm disgusted!
Bobo fett, why did you choose this dang page to get your panties all bunched up? I've been to England and France and I can vouch, there ain't that much running water going on. Shoot.....
And sorry to bust your soap bubble, you're NOT British, maybe English by nationality and surely Ethiopian by heritage.
British is synonymous with WHITE which you ain't. They ain't been invaded since like 1100A.D. or something like that. Go check with your Royals and their think tanks on that one, then try and figure out why you want to call yourself something you're not.
And it's called the AFRICAN DISASPORA.
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that's fucked up everyone knows erik should have been editor in chief |
it's nice that a lady gets to the top position but still, erik deserved that shit right there. recognize! |
Bobba Fett, Corporate aint lying I been to europe also and I been out clubbing in London and Paris and I can honestly say that when the DJ say "throw your hands in the air and wave them like you just dont care" you dont want to be in that place, I was nearly knocked out by the stench of funk that shit sobered my ass up quick but I guess yall uptight people in europe are just used to the funky smell and let me say this, this so called urban culture originated and is perpetuated by the black man in america we are always reinventing ourselves from blues to jazz to rock to soul to hip hop. you blacks in europe are just caracatures of the black man in america yall never brought anything new to the table of urban culture. this is not a divide and conquer statement this is fact. |
"I am disgusted by the post by "Corporate nigga.' "
Why does the truth hurt. It is a know fact by Americans who travel abroad that inhabitants of the eruopean continent bath less than their american counterparts I
never said that only the black folks of england and france were funky.
"You allude that British people and their French counterparts only take baths a couple of times a week! Is there a difference between taking a bath and taking a shower on a daily basis? Would the hygiene of a person be based on individual cleanliness or cultural stereotypes? "
I never alluded I only stated that when I visted Great Brittan and France that more than a few times out of the day I had to smell someones body odor and I thought it was digusting. I was raised in a houshold where baths or showers were manditory once daily during the
spring, fall and winter and twice daily during the summer months. I and many of my counterparts in the US think there is a diffrence in washing your ass daily VS once every couple of days that is plain digusting, there is nothing stereotypical about calling someone funky.
"The venom of your post displays your ignorance and only adds to the ignorance of someone who may have never stepped out of the US and may only get their world cultural view by watching 30 minute situation comedies. "
damm what did I say about pompous ass negros in England what the fuck do you watch all day Masterpiece Theater.
"Your post also just adds to the long list of cultural stereotypes that people use to show some form of cultural or racial superiority. "
I dont see how calling someone musky or funky is a sterotype, just go and wash you ass and you would be all right with me, I guess pigpen that dirty kid in charlie brown was a sterotype also.
"Would it be fair for me to say the African Americans do not have a bank account, because they do not know how to save money? Would it be fair for me to say that African Americans walk with a shuffle? Would it be fair for me to say that all African Americans are alcoholics and drug abusers? Would it be fair for me to say that African American women are easy? "
It would be fair to say that you have some Black people in america who are broke but there are many who are paid where are you fuckin british Oprahs, MJ ( Jordan or Jackson or Johnson ) or Black anything in england of promenance like the brotha said before me you english negros are just a bad imitation of the black man in america
some black american women are easy just like the 2 sistas I boned while in england and the one i hit in france they liked my american New York accent ( and yes we showered before sex )
"These are some of the stereotypes that I have been told about African Americans and they were told to me by Anglo Americans. I am black,british and not pompous. I am of Ethiopian heritage ( so does that mean i am some waif of a human, because I am of Ethiopian heritage?). "
You believe what you want to believe, You say that you are ethiopian I would imagine you as some boney waifish fellow with thats half staved anorexic look sunken cheekbones, looking like starvin marvin bulging eyes extended belly and flies flying around you face look..... just kidding.
"If you travel around the world you will find that there are cultural differences in every culture, but for you to say that British people are twice a week bathing pompous negroes is foul and ignorant. You are also subscribing to a master race ideology based on being an American negro. "
I have traveled around the world and I have seen cultural diffrences and I for one am glad i did not grow up in them cultrues, I am not knocking them. Hygene is not a cultrual issue its a health issue all types of diseases are trasmitted from a funky body and it is selfish of a funky individual to think that he should invade my nasal territories with his funk.
"If these are is your philosophy's and ideologies then you have fell for the oldest divide and conquer tactic known to a race of people and worst of all you are advancing an agenda based on hygiene. We could also assume that you feel you are superior because you are in the world's 'master's house.' "
If being funky is your pilosophy and you decide to step you ass on american soil you will be one lonley person. Personal Hygene is a health issue not a cultural or philisophical issue my brotha or sista.
"I may misinterprete that you have no relationship to your african brothers and their social mores. In some parts of the continent wearing cologne to hide your human scent if considered to be a little feminine. "
I guess you are misinterpreting me I dont like my personal space invaded by a funky person. splashing cologne has nothing to do with washing you ass on a dialy basis what the fuck are you talking about.
"To my friend form England don't be offended by the "Corporate Nigga.' you know that the so called urban culture is not based on country or locality, but based upon the fun loving and cultural colorfullness of all people of the black diaspora.
I am glad that you bring to the forefront the lack of cultural awareness that people have about their brothers and sisters whom are spread near and far across this globe.
To my fellow British 'rudeboy or girl' you are correct to say that blacks were in England well before the "Royal family." Many do not know that the royal's are of German lineage, but spread there stiff upper lips philosophy arond the world to show there superioty.
But wait this is the same philosophy that the "Corporate negro' is spreading based on hygiene"
I wasnt trying to offend I just offered a personal oberservation on my travels to england and france that they ( white, black and arab ) were some non bath taking funky ass mofos, get a life you stiff ass negro and wash you ass on a daily basis. |
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brushing your teeth after meals or before you meet someone is also a good thing
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One question...who's face is that suppossed to be cut and pasted next to this article? |
That face is faggot ass emil the editor in chief of VIBE MAGAZINE.... |
yall are so off the mark who cares about london and paris, its all about new york muthafuckas. and what about this fucking story about these damn editors? let's talk about that shit |
corporate needs to learn the difference between there and their.
i hate illiterate mugs |
buy my album, you industry slugs!
i am fredro starr! lord of 40 projects!
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fs xoxo |
so is Gotti getting 'Made' now or what? are they opening the books?...jesus the only thing that could make that magazine is worse is that giving that fucker a promotion |
I was at the Vibe party and the highlights of the night were Slick Rick and Kid Capri. The audience was too busy being high post to get into the show though. Ironically, the "Vibe" was non-existent. Even Kid Capri had to stop in the middle of his set to scream on the crowd for bullshittin. Maybe if they had some of that free Henny the "VIPs" got they'd have been more amped. *shrugz* |
I hear it is mandatory to wash your ass every morning if you work at Vibe. Maybe if they didn't wash as much they would be as smart as some of these funky smellin Brits. |
WHY IS SLICK RICK AT EVERY VIBE PARTY? LOL... HE MUST LIKE THAT HORRIBLE MAGAZINE.....QUINCY JONES SHOULD DO SOMETHING FAST TO SAVE HIS MAGAZINE..... |
R. Kelly right back at yall. He is cold lamping on the latest cover rocking Versace and ice. Dame that dude cold. Vibe knows what time it is and they are bout to blast off to the next level. Kelly's first cover since his yung'un controversy hit surface. Vibe just needs to rock more white chicks then they will rule supreme.
Oh yeah, those English cats smell like sour ball juice ( as in dirty nut sacks) and stale vinegar, mixed in with some polo cologne, stinky ass negros. I was out there in '98 for the Puff Bad Boy family tour and was at this hip hop club and almost threw the fuck up three (3) times because of that sour balls shit and vinegar. I was about to take a young thing to the 'telly (she was at least 17) but when the d.j. put on the reggae and I started grinding her fine young english ass, POOF, out came her funk, and she smelled like stank ball juice, stale vinegar and POLO COLOGNE. Sheeyit, I had to pass and let my man Jeff Burroughs smack that, along with the lil boy he picked up for his menage. Yo Jeff, holla atyer boy son. |
YES R. KELLY IS ON THE NEXT VIBE COVER. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE R. KELLY AND JAY-Z BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED AND JAY-Z COULDN'T DO THE COVER. TODAY IS OJ LIMA'S LAST DAY AT VIBE...... |
Jay could'nt do it because his image is already tarnished by that lyrical ass whuppin he took from a certain QB mc and his pathetic "momma said knock you out" performance on hot 9. He cant afford to be hugging up on no peder-ass on the cover of Vibe. Lyor Cohen wasn't having it. Imagine the ammo Jay's enemies would have if he had his gay ass all over the "candy man" R. Kells. Yep, the LP is definitely entitled "The Best Of Both Worlds". Rockland Roc-a-fella collabo, what? I heard Jay was a lil hesitant about continuing to call his old ass "Young Hova" when discussing issues surrounding his peder-ass homie from the "Chi". I guess he's a lil weary 'bout 'Kells getting the wrong impression about H.O.V. I could see it now, Kells saying "Lil Jay Jay, want some candy Young Hov?" Hell, his gay ass might obblige. "But on the contrilly..." |
There is not much to this expose to commit on but I will try. WHO CARES!!! |
Could any of you New Yorkers tell me what happened to Ms Jones, why she isnt on the Morning Show anymore. Did star degrade and belittle black women enough to get Ms Jones to abandon that check chaser, golddigger persona and bounce to the new hip hop station power 105, or did she decide that working this those guys would damage her future prospects of working in the music industry having you name associated with those idiots |
Can any of you "insiders" let me know if Carlito is going to XXL? Elliot's editorial in the Suge Knight issue hinted at something (ie Ceezalito doesn't live there anymore...Welcome to the big show...) Can anybody clarify, cuz that wouldn't make any damn sense to me. |
inga--hello!
my name is fredro starr, and i am a rap star! (ever heard of my old school group, onyx?) whatever! you sound mad sexy, sweetheart, i-ight?!
inga, babydoll, what i'm really tryin' to say is "drop that zero, and get with this here sandwich 'o love!" or, in other words, "stop sweating that latin stud carlito, and swing my way like kp and envy!"
and if you don't wind up giving me anything (hugs, i mean) then please, yes, buy my new album!
xo xo xo
fredro "supa" starr |
PARDON ME, INGA:
this message is for the whole entire game.
hey all you rap-gamers! buy my old album, FIRESTARR. it is on KOCH ENTERTAINMENT!
and my new dolo shit is gonna be on to...new things. no doubt. no question.
BUY MY ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
BUM (you bums!)
fuck street promo, you homoez. it's all about cyber promo for dolo!
f.s the firestarr |
Corporate Nigga,
I just ran into Ms. Jones. Hot 97 wouldn't renew her lame ass contract and she is now working at "Eyelab" on 57th and lex. Ask her for the hookup on the newest lenses and frames. She looks great, that body solutions did wonders for her. |
Fredro, we don't give a fuck about YOU or your stupid-ass album so SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! From what I've learned on UE, magazine publishing is treacherous as shit. What do y'all think of the new Upscale? I like it. The new editors have made a huge difference in it. |
devilish nucca:
why you hatin'?
now i'mma have to hate: why you spend time reading upscale, yo? what? too bougie for the streets? too sweet for baskin robbins? fuck you! you ain't real enough to listen to a fredro starr album!
bum ass nikka!
BUY MY ALBUM, ALL YOU REAL DEAL HUSTLER TYPE NIGGAS!
PEACE TO ALL MY NIGGAS FROM 40 PJs: Y'ALL KNOW IT CAN STILL GET BLOODY--AND WE'LL BRING THAT DRAMA RIGHT HERE TO CYBER SPACE FOR ALL YOU BITCH ASS NIGGAS IN THE INDUSTRY TO SEE AND FEEL FIRST HAND! YA HEARD ME?!
SHIT, THAT'S WHY A BROTHER LIKE ME GOT THE ICED-DOWN KEYBOARD AND ALL THAT!
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Rheegaz, Fredro, or whadevadaFUCK: ain't nobody hatin', just tired of seein that dumb shit bein posted when people tryna carry on a discussion. I read Upscale cause I read everything. A mafucka like me is just smart like dat so get off me. |
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Ms Jones going be trolling the industry party's soon in the standard Mary J Blige outfits looking for a singing deal on Koch records. |
The word on the street is that VIBE/SPIN Ventures is trying to buy the SOURCE Magazine and is going to move from it's Lexington Avenue offices......more details to come later...... |
devilish nucca:
you right. my bad. no hard feelings. upscale is good for non-bougie people too i guess. keith clinkscales reads it, so i guess it can make one successful.
DON'T HATE ON KOCH RECORDS, PEOPLE. HEY MISS JONES: I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU OVER HERE AT KOCH! HOLLA!
OH: DON'T FORGET TO BUY THE NEW FREDRO STARR ALBUM!
one!
p.s: for aNYONE whO hAS A pROBLEM WITH ME PROMO_ING MY ALBUm here should step to Busta. shit, that nigga promoes his album just about everywhere! i once heard him shouting out one of his albums in the bathroom during this off the chain industry party at kevin lyles' house!
dam, nigga! that's what your cousin rampage tha lastboyscout is here for! he ain't saying nothing. put his ass to work! atleast spliff star dances and shit. (don't get it twisted people, because spliff star ain't no fredro STARR! i-ight?)
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Get your Job on!
Resume Ho!
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/jobview.asp?igid=&joid=8309
Publication or Company Vibe/Spin Ventures
Job Title Executive Editor
Industry magazine publishing
Salary Competitive
Benefits 401K, bonuses, dental, flexible hours, health
Job Duration full time
Job Location New York, NY
Job Requirements Job description: Work with Editor-in-Chief to conceptualize and edit issues, plan future issues, monitor line-ups, oversee editorial staff, and recruit writers and staff. Conception, assignment and edit of major features. Top edits book in layout stage. Does TV, radio and print press.
Required experience: 5 - 10 years of senior editorial experience at a major national magazine or newspaper, including management experience, in-depth knowledge of urban music and culture, and a willingness to be interviewed on TV and radio.
About Our Company Vibe is the voice and soul of urban music and culture.
Contact Celeste Russell
Email Address crussell@vibe.com
Address 215 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
USA
Fax 212-448-7380
Special Instructions NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE, Fax or e-mail resume and editing clips.
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Ok, now people talkin 'bout the west coast editor at the source bounced too. That's OJ, Erik, Carlito and this cat all in the same time frame. What is it, 1999??? Is Russell starting another website??? There aint that many books to write...these cats gotta be goin somewheres...Is there some more VC poppin up? How can I be down with the second wave of the pillage?? Holla! |
OJ Lima is supposed to be writing a book on Jazz Music and last I heard he is close to getting a book deal........ |
yeah i don't know where they are going. maybe into the ether
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the west coast editor's name is dan frosch |
Whoever gets editor-in-chief at the source will be a patsi! It's a fucking sinking ship. All XXL cats knew that years ago.
I am counting the days to its demise. Hopefully when they sink, the small handfull of employees who actually do work and do it well will be recognized and taken care of. The rest will realize that the gravy-train is ovver and that there are many pawn shops that'll take their bullshit source medallions and that monster.com will be their best friend.
Dave Mays never knew how to treat his employees and only took care of those who have the ability to smack his punk ass around and their boys. He's a bitch, Made Men/RSO/Benzino is the cancer of that magazine and deserves to be broke on the streets when all his payroll-leeching boys bail on him.
Perhaps the years of fucking people and companies over are finally implementing the Karma.
Mays, some advise: Open off-shore accounts and put all in mommy's name, so when they come to beat your ass again, because they're all hit with the realities that your fagot white ass is no longer in control and they will all actually have to work in real job, you may be able to slip away from your Union Square apartment with your fagot ass tail between your legs in the middle of the night and live inn some Anglo country where you can take that fake scowl off your face and grow your wavy straight hair again!
Tracy McGregor is still scum, a snake and probably started half the crap that is still brewing. She needs to be shot. Only reason she's still there is because they don't want a crack-head minded snake like that let loose and drop dime! |
gun-runner
why do you say traci is scum? |
Gunrunner,
You sound like you have an ax to grind with davie & co., so get it out of your system and move on. No one would argue that the Source blows, but you've taken it to another level partner.
So here's something to make up for the latest crapper companion they put out with that disgruntled, filthy rich white boy.
VIEWS YOU CAN USE
MUSIC:
The World of Both Worlds is a bonafide brick chock full of rehashed hits and misses. This dust collection gets the 2002 Negro What Were You Puffing Award for Redundant Themes & Mediocre Beats.
Tweets new Miss Elliot showcase, I mean album is also deserving of frisbee status.
LOOKING HOT THESE DAYS:
Faith Evans, that tan on the Soul Train Awards and the weight loss has me feeling her.
LOOKING TORE UP:
Vivica A. Fox, can someone tell her she is no Fox - and that her husband is bi-sexual and unattractive.
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Senior editor, Associate editor, admin. asst.
Publication or Company The Source Magazine
Job Title Senior editor, Associate editor, admin. asst.
Industry magazine publishing
Salary Competitive
Benefits 401K, dental, health
Job Duration full time
Job Location New York, NY
Job Requirements The Source, the magazine of hip-hop music, culture and politics is looking for a Senior editor, associate editor and administrative assistant. The senior editor will work closely with the executive editor and section editors in story planning; assigning and editing features and columns; and writing coverlines. The associate editor will provide support to the music editor in assigning and editing music features. An assistant is needed to provide clerical and administrative support to the executive editor. Responsibilities include logging phone calls, making appointments and schedule tracking. The ideal candidate for this growth-oriented position should be organized and possess excellent verbal and communication skills. Some print or online experience preferred.
Contact Kim Barrington Narisetti
Email Address knarisetti@thesource.com
Address 215 Park Ave. South
11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
USA
Phone 212-253-3700 x1725
Fax 212-253-9343
Special Instructions Fax and e-mail preferred
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From: OJ Lima [mailto:olima@vibe.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: job opening
Folks, I just wanted to let everyone know there is a high profile job open here at Vibe magazine. We need a new editor who can edit, write on occasion, knows a shit-load about music and is comfortable doing TV interviews for CNN, MTV, MSNBC, VH1 and various other networks and shows in which you will appear like the human incarnation of a bobble-head doll. S/he should also be comfortable with being labeled a "hip hop expert," as well as being able to manage a staff of 30 unruly youngsters. Perks include concert tickets to everything, free CDs, office with windows, assistant to fetch you stuff, expense account, and elbow rubbing with celebrities who can't string three consecutive sentences together.
Our former executive editor, that chump oj lima, has decided to resign so he can finish his so-called bullshit novel. Good Friday (march 29) is his last day and after that you can email him at olima@nyc.rr.com. However, he probably won't answer emails as he'll be out of town laying pink panther insulation and hanging sheet-rock walls in his family's crib out of town for the remainder of the spring. He is listed in the phone book which is probably the best way to reach him. "I laughed, I cried, I had the full range of emotions," said Lima via cell phone on his way to happy hour. "But I'm looking forward to being rather un-fabulous, doing some physical labor -- maybe some exercise too, and spending some quality time with my parentless kleptomaniac nephew who needs to learn how to be a real man."
All resumes and inquiries regarding the position should be directed towards managing editor, Laura Silverman @ 212.448.7395.
peace & respect
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Wonder if the new Executive Editor will look like the new, cheaper Fashion Editor or the Deputy Editor or the Managing Editor--white? Look for someone white and less costly than O.J. as Vibe tries to cut its budget before it goes to its Jet format. |
LAURA SILVERMAN IS A BITCH........ |
Laura Silverman is an ugly dyke bitch who looks like her mom beat her with a sack of nickels. I've seen hotter chicks in midget porn. As for OJ, his shitty novel won't sell. Vibe will replace him with another gay guy that will bow down to Emil every whim. I can't believe the UE people here actually said that he's an editor that can write. Y'all cats are losing your touch |
I just heard the Emil's assistant gave his two week notice......I wonder why?????? He could do so much better than to listen to Emil's every command......Emil, Laura, Shani, and Mimi are all assholes........ |
I guess he got sick of Emil's constant requests for blowjobs |
With O.J Lima gone.. the last hetero male from editorial is gone. It is now all Multiple Entry People (Gays) and Women.
This is what Emil cares about. Not editing, not writing, not enlightening, not magazine awards. He cares about making the world a better place for gays. While that in itself is not a bad thing, Emil actively loathes breeders in a psychotic way. He has now ousted the last to hetero males on staff (OJ and David Crowley).
http://www.mediabistro.com/content/archives/02/03/18/
velvet magazine mafia?
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Wow Complex Magazine is better than Vibe! How did that happen! |
Don't sleep OJ can write his ass off. OJ Lima is the man. He is actually a brilliant guy. |
TO AFROSPICE:
YOUR COMMENTS ARE SO CORRECT. EMIL DOES NOT DO SHIT......HE IS A HORRIBLE WRITER......WHAT DOES HE GET PAID FOR?...... |
at this point, emil doesn't care about the quality of the magazine. He cares about himself. Wants to have yes men who will never question his terrible judgement and people who actually think he means something because he appears on VH1. It's too bad--Vibe used to be great, until he got his hands on it and turned it into OUT magazine. |
Rumor has it there's a new national hip-hop magazine launching... Say goodbye to Vibe and The Source. |
O.J. is privately admitting to friends that he was eased out--probably it was that or reimburse Vibe all their sexual harrassment payoffs on his behalf. |
Emil doesn't have a gay agenda--he has a mediocre, kiss fashion's ass, race traitor agenda! |
TO MADKARMA:
I ALSO THINK OJ LIMA WAS EASED OUT OF HIS POSITION OR FIRED. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE OJ WAS A EXCELLENT WRITER WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THAT MAGAZINE. WHY DOES VIBE AND THE SOURCE STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A HIGH TURN OVER IN THERE EDITORIAL STAFF? |
I guess OJ got what he deserved. He kissed Emil's ass for a long time and did everything he said like his lapdog. He did the same exact thing to others there and now it came back to bite him in the ass. On another topic, why did Carlito bounce from The Source? |
Jigga and Damon Dash are on the cover of Black Enterprise. Story is minimalist and fluffy. Save your money. I really don't care if Jigga doesn't wear the same sneakers twice. The writer quotes Soure Editors, so I guess it won't be in their "Media Watch" section. |
oj did NOT get eased out...
he has wanted to leave for while |
O.J. was complaining about Emil and Vibe all over town since the moment he went over there from Blaze. He's complained the whole time he's been there so why leave now? Especially since anybody--especially Emil or Laura or O.J.'s assistant--who ever looked into his office window could watch him get paid to write his novel or play video games. I believe that made him any easy cost-cutting target.
As for Dave Crowley, I'm sorry but I can't feel sorry for white men with law degrees getting let go from a place that shows such hatred for workers of color--especially with the economy the way it is now. Dave is busy writing his "tell-all" Vibe book anyway, no doubt in the best Ronin Ro "make the quotes up when they don't return my calls" tradition.
If you want to help a brother out, Jesse Washington is still writing his book and he's set up a toll-free number, 1-888-JAY-WASH. Peace out! |
re: Jigga and Damon Dash on the cover of Black Enterprise. The sad fact is that the best selling isue of Black Enterprise *EVER* is when they put Puff Daddy on the cover. It's a ashame people have complete apathy for Black Business news unless a rapper is involved, and in fact, the music industry is the worst business model to ever emulate. Not to mention most "labels" are P&D deals with majors, so you actually have a boss.
Black Enterprise of course easily inspires apathy because they have a collection of the most boring writers who have been collected from the amsterdam news and other small papers like carribean life. They would't know how to even START to do an investigative piece. THey do however still highlight black business people who aren't just rappers. I Certainly hope this isn't a trend, unforunately their "rap series" of articles is going to span 4 issues!
Just on a side note, I saw a writer from Black Enterprise on BET who OWNS stock in Digital Mafia Entertainment tell people on air to nvest in DME. Someone please call the SEC. The guy has glasses.
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MadKarma: You are right. OJ is talented, but he goofed off a lot. Of course he was taking his cue from Emil.
Emil of course has the luxury of never being around because he is fabulous and busy in Paris getting fucked by french jews and african immigrants and giving blow jobs with pop rocks to other gay editors around New York City.
OJ should have noticed that Emil was about to dump things on him to deflect his own neglect.
Emil told upper management that he tried to give OJ increased responsibilities by letting him take care of closing the book whilst he was away running the gay-gaunlet.
OJ thought while the fish was away he could play: video games! Oh well. You don't get free video games when you are writing a book about Jazz. |
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I'm not going to knock Damon Dash, MasterP, Russell, Luke, Suge and others. At least they ain't relying on goverment affirmative action or corporate handouts to be successful.....they relying on demand...
I'll state it again, Black Enterprise is the biggest disappointment with urban dotcoms. These are people that suppose to have decades in the field and cannot leverage that knowlege on their web site. Do they still outsource their site when they should realized they have to manage it themselves?
<<Just on a side note, I saw a writer from Black Enterprise on BET who OWNS stock in Digital Mafia Entertainment tell people on air to nvest in DME. >>
I wonder which BE writer would do such a thing? :p
Anybody stupid enough to buy a penny stock just because black people are involved deserves the return on investment..... |
Argh, can't this site post a new article about the BE cover, or SOMETHING? |
Argh, can't this site post a new article about the BE cover, or SOMETHING? |
30 Rotten, I'm not hatin on Jigga or Dame...I just want something of substance reported. Tell me how they run the BUSINESS. If it's Black Enterprise, tell me how the day-to-day goes down MAKING the money. Dont' just tell me how MUCH they made. They tell me that in every record. Tell me about how much money Jigga threw at Def Jam marketing people back in the day to help him get his records played on the radio...before he partnered with them...holla! |
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Inga Jones,
You are educationg me me, I just saw them on the cover of this "cast your buckets" mentality mag. If I bought it (I already spent my money on a PS2 cheat code mag) I would expect them to cover what you are asking about in detail. Most people that read BE would want to know in full detail how they made these moves, not how flashy they are today...
So if what you said is true about this Ebony-style content of show-off instead of show-how, then BE is losing it.... |
vibe magazine lost all relevance years ago. once they couldn't have tupac and biggie and puffy on the cover anymore they didn't know what to do so they started turning into bling bling monthly. but now that bling bling is not in style anymore what are they going to do? and this oj simpson whoever he is will be no big loss since he was there when the magazine sucked anyway. |
EMIL WILBEKIN IS A BITCH ASS FAGGOTT....... |
how much longer before Emil Wilbekin gets fired for ruining Vibe? |
Interesting comments. But someone, or everyone, please tell me what you would like to see in a "urban" magazine. What would be a correct formula? |
Emil will never be fired for "ruining" Vibe--he'll be fired when they can find someone who can put out a more profitable magazine--however they choose to define "profitable" that week. Don't be surprised if he gets replaced by Mimi, either. |
Thank GOD I don't work in hip hop anymore. I grew up doing this from when I was so young I didn't even realize it was a business. This shit stopped being fun when they let assholes who don't know SHIT about hip hop (white, black, asian and other) up in this piece. you all fucked it up for yourselves. |
jesse washington's number is 877-JAY-WASH, not 888. i know because i called it and he picked up the phone himself, not like these beeyotches who hide behind assistants and voice mails. from the questions he was asking it sounds like his book is gonna be crazy. |
Emil needs a new assistant.....His assistant last day was Friday..... |
who cares if emil needs an assistant. He may not last much longer. I heard a rumor that the brass was sick and tired of his ass and they are going to be firing him once his replacement is ready. I hope it happens to that scumbag |
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I was watching a VH1 documentary..where did these 'experts' come from? |
In realted news...
Source Enterprises, publisher of The Source Magazine, has secured a $17 million dollar investment from Black Enterprise/Greenwich Street Corporate Growth Partners, a private equity fund sponsored Earl Graves & Citigroup. Source plans to launch a variety of new magazines targeting youth and women, as well as a new 3 hour nationally-syndicated radio show called "The Source Street Beat."
www.jonnnubian.com |
fuck what y'all talking about. contrabandit.com is the illest site on the net. source and vibe have the worst sites up on the net. contrabandit.com cats have some real insight. |
Looks like the Grim Reaper will guest-edit another issue of Vibe.... |
Long time no hear from, yall vitriol and vinegar-filled bastards. What does the digital melanati think of Vibe's win at the National Magazine Awards? They bagged the General Excellence award (ahead of the NEW YORKER?!?), so the head negro over there must be doing SOMETHING right. I don't think Emil is going anywhere unless he chooses to.
Also--what's the story behind Carlito? He was a cool brother when I knew him a while back, but I lost touch some time ago. |
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I think it's great he won!
A testament to the power of the velvet underground! |
THE NEW EXECUTIVE EDITOR AT VIBE IS ANGELO RAGAZA....HE HAS WRITTEN ARTICLES FOR VIBE BEFORE. HIS LAST ARTICLE WAS ON ALICIA KEYES. OCTOBER 2001 ISSUE... |
The ASME always goes to white magazines, and Vibe is edited by an old white man from Time Inc. (who Emil thanked in his acceptance speech) and has a white managing editor and a white deputy editor. So it's business as usual, okay? And Bob Miller can try selling the magazine again.
It was also poor form for Emil to accept the award in memory of Tupac and Biggie--since Vibe in no small way contributed to their deaths.
It would be more helpful if the Wizard gave Emil courage, and Kenard Gibbs a brain, and Gil Rogin a heart. |
TO MADKARMA:
VIBE JUST HIRED ANOTHER WHITE MAN FOR EXECUTIVE EDITOR. ANGELO RAGAZA...IT IS SO SAD THAT TALENTED AFRICAN AMERICANS PROFESSIONALS ARE NOT BEING HIRED AT THIS MAGAZINE...AND THE ONES WHO ARE THERE ARE TREATED LIKE SHIT....GIL ROGIN'S OLD CRACKER ASS PROBABLY TELLS EMIL WHO TO HIRE AND FIRE.... |
How did Smokey Fontaine hide that he was gay from DMX for all these months?
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Emil also fired Angela, the fashion editor, for a gay white guy. I have no doubt Angelo Ragaza is licking Emil's ass as well. So Smokey is really gay? |
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I can conclude from the lingering effect of urban expose that the mad rush to "urban" is all but dead.....
Seems like those that were consistent in their corporate game like p diddy are still around, still making hits (with Sean John) while others who tried to build urban ventures off "sensation" and "free web services with high numbers" before polishing up their business model are closing up shop left and right...
So what is the lesson? What should we get out of the end or this era? Why are people like Omar still celebrated by shitrags like Savoy when his business model and principles has all been debunked? Where does "urban" goes from here?
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somebody, anybody, please email me about taking over urban expose operations. I would like to turn this into a self-driven urban blog w/ commentary
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30rotten
You can do that now instead of taking over this place, which apparently the founders got bored with a long time ago.
Start fresh.
All you need is a new name, and that ohso valuable list of subscribers. If you saved /mirrored this site at its peak, to disk - like you, I and many others should have done, your task is nearly complete...and Im sure your no young grasshopper.
Btw, to everyone else reading this..buy my mixed CD. My jizzoint is blazin hot, and i didnt even have to yell over the songs either. For real dunny. |
Ok.
First I'm going to run down the facts.
Then I'm going to diss.
But I'm not going to do a shameless on my project..just yet.
1. The founders arent bored, just busy. John Lee (Crispus Attucks)
is now working for UBO (Urban Box Office/www.ubo.net) they recently came out of bankruptcy and emerging as a distribution/record label.
So expect this site to be active again
2. I saved this site long ago..better yet..I hacked the mailing list. Its about 500 subscribers. At its peak you could add another 300, but the site was "blocked" to UBO employees.
Unless to those who knew about proxy servers.
Then another hundered from companies that don't exist anymore.
If I had a dollar for every hotmail account...
3. OhsoKool...selling you mixtape on the net for $12 is...ohso..wack.
$10 on the street kid..get your masters out there and sell on every bootleg blanket from Harlem to Brooklyn.
Next time place your samples on true servers/encode them joints correctly.
4. In the words of El Keter:
"Don't call me dun unless I'm finished"
Dunny???? (they still use this?)
5. Plug: Film project..top secret..will post more 411 later.
Peep my site instead:
www.JonnNubian.com
"Always changing; everything for good, nothing for nothing."
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Much thanks for the attention _____ _____.
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VIBE'S LOST 2 MANY GOOD PEOPLEZ 2 DA WHITE-WASH CORP ADMIN TAKEOVA;
WILBEKIN N GIBBS R JUS PUPPETZ LEADIN DA
_MILKT_
IF QJ STILL DIGZ
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Here's a chance to bring some affirmative action back to Vibe. From mediabistro.com:
Managing Editor, Vibe Magazine
Publication or Company Vibe/Spin Ventures
Job Title Managing Editor, Vibe Magazine
Industry magazine publishing
Salary
Benefits
Job Duration full time
Job Location New York, NY
Job Requirements
RESPONSIBILITIES
-Manage daily operational needs of a 30-member staff at a major national consumer magazine covering music, entertainment, and lifestyle for a young multicultural audience
-Generate and enforce editorial and production deadlines
-Traffic copy
-Coordinate edit, research, copy, art, and production departments
-Oversee budget as well as contracts, permissions, and other editorial legal transactions
REQUIREMENTS
-5-10 years of editorial (including managerial) experience at a national consumer magazine
-Production and budgeting expertise
-Strong editing skills and knowledge of popular culture and urban music preferred
Contact Angelo Ragaza
Email Address aragaza@vibe.com
Address 215 Lexington Avenue 6th Floor
New York, NY 10016
USA
Fax 212-448-7430
Special Instructions Regular mail, drop-off, or fax preferred. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!!!! |
does anyone know what happened to that nasty bitch Laura Silverman? |
last spotted round the corner cashing that check before it flat out bounce... btw, good insight gHetO... vibe say its going .aa. for good pr but just a shady follow the leader plantations mockery operation. yeah anyway ls hooked a deal with mgmt and emil -- sick of the joint and now can merrily hop the long awaited walk out. hear those nickels jingle now.
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so laura struck a deal with Vibe and bounced because they want more AA employees? I don't buy that--it's completely illegal. What's the real story? Plus you know for a fact the new employees they'll bring will be flaming. Vibe is becoming a big fruit salad. |
LAURA SILVERMAN IS LEAVING VIBE ON AUGUST 1, 2002. SHE IS GOING TO BE THE MANAGING EDITOR OVER AT MAXIM MAGAZINE...I HEARD THE REASON WHY SHE LEFT VIBE WAS BECAUSE OF THE MONEY... |
I didn't say Vibe was making an overture toward affirmative action--far from it! What I suggest is every person of color in this industry with business and/or editorial experience apply for the position.
That way Vibe has to be more accountable if they hire somebody white--especially if it's another Gil Rogin crony.
Btw, Laura didn't even give them two weeks notice before she bounced. It's the level of loyalty Bob Miller and Emil Wilbekin inspire. |
she was a nasty woman anyway. Good riddens. I feel bad for Maxim. What a mistake to hire that bitch |
i love this board...wow...so many discussions...so many laughs...(puff...puff..cough...puff)...hey...I LOVE RED KOOL AID!!!...
hey...(puff...puff...puff...cough...puff.)
im about to take a shower...
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$50 million seems about right, because of their combined ad base. But any company would have a hard time flourishing under the Wilbekin era. |
the urban market is dead as we once knew it. over the years the ass kissers have been given management positions that they can't manage. the unknowing white owners had no idea that these people knew absolutely nothing about what they claimed....
anyway... the white people are looking at the hispanic market for $$$.... see you in about 6 years after the raping is done.
and after that there gonna go after the gooks! |
what has happened to urban expose. This used to be a site with thought provoking articles and lively and interesting comments. |
problem
nuds justify
corporate scandal
executives milking business
conspire
domino effect
stock plummets
greedy investors
bush economy
slaves work harder
preempted actions
wrench throw
execs ditch
downward spiral
survival
not so lively and interesting but
somebody betta holla!
expose will help solve problem. |
did shani saon get fired? |
did shani saxon get fired? |
how can get in touch with the news corespdent from bet u know wats her face??? |
is anyone just as tired of that camera hogging pussy emil wilbekin as I am? |
does anyone agree that the Vibe awards were a complete joke? Emil should be fired. |
Mimi Valdes is currently the editor in chief at VIBE...so where's Emil? |
And another thing...where did she go to school? I know Emil went to Medill and Columbia ...where'd she go? |
And another thing...where did she go to school? I know Emil went to Medill and Columbia ...where'd she go? |
Vibe Magazine's tv show WEEKEND VIBE is a sweatshop...
the producers and editors haven't gotten paid in 6 weeks...Host Bryce Wilson is owed $15,000 and won't return to the show...Wyclef's little sister, Melky, is hosting the show for FREE for the exposure...their vendors have NEVER been paid...
...and guess who is the new CEO of the parent company, The Heritage Networks...that's right...good ol' CHAZ WALKER of HOOKT.COM fame...
can you say Titanic... |
MORE ON WEEKEND VIBE/THE HERITAGE NETWORKS CORRUPTION
Weekend Vibe has gone belly up...the show, which airs after Showtime At The Apollo on NBC, is officially "on hiatus" because they cannot pay their employees, vendors, or payroll taxes...
The Heritage Networks founder Frank Mercado-Valdes is a complete crook with a Napoleon complex...he had Condoleeza Rice's niece Jua Perez on the payroll as a P.A. for one reason: to roll his weed cigarettes...how about THAT for profit sharing???
Chaz Walker of hookt.com fame is the new CEO so you KNOW where that puts the show...in the toilet...
on top of their entire production staff leaving after not being paid for 6 weeks, they also have not paid their payroll taxes and are in danger of IRS investigation...In addition, multiple lawsuits have been filed by the employees and the vendors from both WEEKEND VIBE and the HERITAGE NETWORKS other defunct show, Livin' Large with star bimbo Carmen Electra...
It seems that everything Heritage and Chaz Walker touches turns to shit.
the good news is that there are job positions available at THE HERITAGE NETWORKS and WEEKEND VIBE at the highest levels...you just won't ever get paid...good luck... |
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