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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Himu on May 08, 2014, 03:36:33 PM

Title: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Himu on May 08, 2014, 03:36:33 PM
http://www.bet.com/news/national/2014/05/07/jet-magazine-ends-print-publication-goes-digital.html

:(

:(

I understand why they're doing it, but at the same time it makes me sad.

Cue post about PD jacking off to Jet Beauty of the Week :beli
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Shadow Mod on May 08, 2014, 03:48:05 PM
So like one of the few ways to see black people represented in the magazine section is gone?
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Himu on May 08, 2014, 03:53:44 PM
There's still Essence, Ebony, Black Enterprise, and some of those ratchet fashion mags.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Pickles the Firecat on May 08, 2014, 03:56:09 PM
Damn, I remember my parents having a Jet subscription and it always being on the coffee table. I don't think I read it once.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Himu on May 08, 2014, 03:56:43 PM
Damn, I remember my parents having a Jet subscription and it always being on the coffee table. I don't think I read it once.

:camby
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Shadow Mod on May 08, 2014, 04:29:05 PM
There's still Essence, Ebony, Black Enterprise, and some of those ratchet fashion mags.

And that one with the big asses on the cover I guess.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Himu on May 08, 2014, 04:54:22 PM
aren't those rap mags i dunno. they're gross
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: nachobro on May 08, 2014, 06:14:13 PM
So like one of the few ways to see black people represented in the magazine section is gone?
Don't worry, the rest of the magazine section is gonna be gone soon too.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Shadow Mod on May 08, 2014, 06:22:03 PM
So like one of the few ways to see black people represented in the magazine section is gone?
Don't worry, the rest of the magazine section is gonna be gone soon too.

I dunno. The tabloid ones seem to hold on pretty strong.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Rufus on May 08, 2014, 06:26:08 PM
In a better world those would have died first.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 08, 2014, 06:41:32 PM
Read it alot when I was a kid. It was a decent enough way to keep up with current events back then. Haven't read it in years. Which is probably part of their problem.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: nachobro on May 08, 2014, 06:42:15 PM
I dunno. The tabloid ones seem to hold on pretty strong.
Yeah anything sold by a grocery store register seems to do alright. But Oprah is right there with the rest of those boring ass mags so that's something.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 08, 2014, 06:57:21 PM
Read it a lot as a kid too. I especially liked reading the real old ones my grandma collected, from the 70s.

I busted my first nut to a Beauty Of The Week in a Jet
 :uguu
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 08, 2014, 07:13:30 PM
I especially liked reading the real old ones my grandma collected, from the 70s.

I was the same for some reason.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Himu on May 08, 2014, 09:01:19 PM
My grandma didn't collect any. Shame.

Stoney, they're making an app. So maybe you can get your current event news better now? I still find Jet, Ebony, Essence;etc great for black american culture news.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: etiolate on May 08, 2014, 11:28:35 PM
So like one of the few ways to see black people represented in the magazine section is gone?

There's still National Geographic
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 09, 2014, 01:47:39 AM
Stoney, they're making an app. So maybe you can get your current event news better now? I still find Jet, Ebony, Essence;etc great for black american culture news.

The reality is the internet has just destroyed the reason for these type of magazines to exist outside of older people who aren't computer literate or just older people in general. Jet is just too late here.

There is a bit of sadness there because I feel like I grew up on Jet and while I wouldn't call it an educational magazine, its certainly more educational than WorldStar which is where my nieces and nephews seem to go to get informed.  :'(

Old Man yelling at clouds.
Title: Re: RIP Jet Magazine :(
Post by: Himu on May 09, 2014, 02:13:37 AM
Well, I can't think of any good sites that have a pulse on black american culture as good as ebony/jet/essence :tocry Thankfully they're making an app or something.