(this last issue will not hit stands, much to The-Dream’s dismay we’re sure….)

We just got an email…and we’re hearing things….

Shout out to everybody that lost their job in 2009.

It’s true.  Here is the official statement from Vibe’s 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 tribute issue when we got the news. It’s a tragic week in overall, but as the doors of VIBE Media Group close, on the eve of the magazine’s sixteenth anniversary, it’s a sad day for music, for hip hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and who continue to love the VIBE brand. We thank you, we have served you with joy, pride and excellence, and we will miss you.

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