Vibe is a magazine, it was launched in 1993 which is recent compared to Q and NME, by Quincy Jones.
The main features of the music is R&B, Hip Hop music, actors, artists and other entertainers.
The magazine is issued monthly, with an audience of more young hip hop followers.
The magazines close competitors are The Source, XXL, Rolling stones and Spin.
Vibe is another music magazine where i believe the target audience maybe more to the female audience. I believe this as the front cover is in pinks and the website vibe.com is also in pinks and purples.
In the magazine the things that are included weekly is a main attraction for example on opposite is Janet Jackson, three to six other side stories, the back page list - 20 quesiones - a celebrity gossip column and new profiles of artists and coming up artists. The magazine also has a section on new clothes and sportswear by urban labels.
Since 2003 the magazine have put on their own annual awards with Vibe awards.
Mary J. Blige has repeatedly made the front cover, but other features have been Beyonce, T.I, Marieh Carey, Ciara and obviously lots more.
The magazine above is an example of a Vibe magazine with the backing of the magazine in a shade of white and the title of the magazine doesn't stand out amazingly well but is pink which connates that the audience could be more female.
There are some bits of the magazine such as "the untold story," which are in black and bold to stand out to the audience that this magazine has an story that people haven't seen before so much buy their magazine to hear it. This story is written at the very top so when people are looking on the shelf they can see that part of the magazine and the title of it.