About Vibe Media | Access Network
Vibe Media | Access Network is the parent company of Vibe magazine, Vibe.com, VibeVixen.com, Uptown magazine, UptownMagazine.com. Vibe Media is a vertical content and advertising network which represents over 25 websites, several publications, direct mail, TV shows and media platforms reaching over 19 million consumers per month. As the premier destination for urban entertainment and media, Vibe Media creates solutions for advertisers looking to engage consumers via music, entertainment, culture and lifestyle 18-54. www.vibe.com
Ron Burkle's The Yucaipa Companies, Magic Johnson Enterprises and InterMedia Partners announced in January of this year that they merged their Vibe and Uptown businesses with the BlackBook Media business and The Access Network Company. The merger of these premier assets was part of their media and technology consolidation strategy and follows an investment from the Yucaipa/Johnson partnership in January 2011 when it joined InterMedia Partners as the owners of Vibe Holdings, the entities' parent company.
About the Access Network technology platform:
Access Network is a media and technology platform serving leading content publishers through providing the leading, turn-key, hyper-local content search and management platform. Publishers use our technology and content platform to create, configure, and distribute custom-branded, local online and mobile applications. Brands offering city guides on the Access Network include BlackBook Guides, Guides by Bravo (NBCU), Corcoran Guides, CitiHabitats Guides, Diddy’s BlackBook, Maxim Guides, Jersey Shore Guides (MTV Networks), Front Desk Guides by Modern Luxury, Out Guides, The Daily Tar Heel’s Guide to the University of North Carolina, The Famuan’s Campus Guide to Florida A&M University, and over 50 additional local College City Guides. www.accessnetwork.com.
Press Release Abouts
Updated September 2011, ABH
About CMN
College Media Network is the provider of the most widely used online content management software platform for college newspapers, encompassing more than 450 nationwide college publishers and providing daily online content to over 3 million unique college students and alumni each month.
About The Access Network Company:
Access Network is a media and technology company serving leading content publishers through providing the leading, turn-key, hyper-local content search and management platform. Publishers use our technology and content platform to create, configure, and distribute custom-branded, local online and mobile applications. We provide brands and publishers with an end-to-end solution to succeed in the branded local content and search business. Brands offering city guides on the Access Network include BlackBook Guides, Corcoran Guides, CitiHabitats Guides, Guides by Bravo (NBCU), Diddy’s BlackBook, Maxim Guides, Jersey Shore Guides (MTV Networks), Front Desk Guides by Modern Luxury, Out Guides, and 100+ College City Guides as part of the College Media Network vertical. www.accessnetwork.com.
About BlackBook Media
BlackBook Media celebrates its 15-year anniversary this year as a leading publisher in the progressive nightlife, fashion, and culture arena. Publisher of the BlackBook online and mobile city guides, BlackBookmag.com, and BlackBook magazine, delivering fashion and entertainment guides through the BlackBook Guides mobile applications, online at BBook.com, pocket-sized city guide books & BlackBook magazine. The BlackBook City Guides are the ultimate curated source to finding the best shops & boutiques, spas, restaurants, bars & clubs, and hotels and more in major worldwide cities.
