YSB (magazine)

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YSB
Categories lifestyle magazine
Frequencymonthly
Formatprint
PublisherPaige Publications [1]
Founder Robert L. Johnson [1]
First issueSeptember 1991
Final issueOctober 1996
Company BET
CountryUnited States
Based in3109 M Street NW,
Washington, D.C.
LanguageEnglish
ISSN 1056-6198

YSB, an acronym for Young Sisters and Brothers, was an African American monthly lifestyle magazine, in print publication from 1991 until 1996. [2] [1] The magazine was founded by Robert L. Johnson as a subsidiary of BET. [3] [1] [4] It was the first national African American lifestyle magazine specifically for teenagers age 13 to 19. [5] [6] [7] It was designed to build teenagers self-esteem, [8] and marketed for the "hip-hop generation". [2] [1]

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History

YSB debuted the first issue in September 1991. [9] The magazine offered news stories on music, fashion, as well as then-current issues facing teens including substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. [10] [11] BET's publishing division also published Emerge magazine, BET Weekend, and Heart & Soul magazine. [12] [13] Contributors to the magazine included Kenji Jasper (journalist), [14] Jelani Cobb (journalist), [15] Frank Dexter Brown (editor), [16] Fo Wilson (also known as Folayemi Wilson; creative director), [17] and Lance Pettiford (creative director). [18]

Shortly before the last issue in October 1996, BET and Microsoft joined efforts to publish the print magazine online, and at the time only 11% of African American households had access to the internet at home (compared to 29% of white households at this same time). [10] [19] The magazine had been operating at an annual loss of almost $2 million prior to closure. [2] [10]

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