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]

Contents

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitaker, Matthew (March 9, 2011). Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries [3 volumes]: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries [Three Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 487. ISBN   978-0-313-37643-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Iverem, Esther (October 23, 1996). "Death of An Ideal". Washington Post.
  3. ↑ Elliott, Stuart (September 16, 1991). "Addenda: Black Media Concerns To Offer Package Deals". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ Muhhamad, Tariq K. (June 1997). "B. E. Company of the Year". Black Enterprise (magazine). Vol. 27, no. 11. Earl G. Graves, Ltd. pp. 156–164. ISSN   0006-4165.
  5. ↑ Radical America, Volumes 24-25. Alternative Education Project. 1990. p. 15.
  6. ↑ Kuntz, Tom (April 24, 1994). "Word for Word/Teen Magazines; Read This. It's Just So Totally Freaked Out. I Mean, Go for It, Dude". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  7. ↑ Carmody, Deirdre (May 23, 1991). "The Media Business; Black Cable TV Service Starts Magazine Drive". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  8. ↑ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 249. ISBN   978-0-403-09603-9.
  9. ↑ Ross, Michael E. (December 26, 1993). "At Newsstands, Black Is Plentiful". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 Fields-White, Monee (August 23, 2010). "Black Magazines of the '90s: Where Are They Now?". The Root . Archived from the original on July 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ Krishnan, Satya P.; Durrah, Tracy; Winkler, Karen (1997). "Coverage of AIDS in Popular African American Magazines" (PDF). Health Communication. 9 (3): 273–288. doi:10.1207/s15327027hc0903_5 . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Smith-Shomade, Beretta E. (August 21, 2012). Pimpin' Ain't Easy: Selling Black Entertainment Television. Routledge. p. 67. ISBN   978-1-135-86948-9.
  13. ↑ "Debra L. Lee steps to CEO level at BET". African American News. June 2, 2005.
  14. ↑ Weeks, Linton (June 22, 2001). "Street Smart Book Smarts". Washington Post.
  15. ↑ "Cobb, William Jelani". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  16. ↑ Reynolds, J. R. (January 29, 1994). "Labels Examine Black History Via Lecture Series". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 23.
  17. ↑ Bateman, Anita; Vendryes, Margaret. "Onward Fo! From Graphic Designer To Conceptual Artist And More". International Review of African American Art (IRAAA). Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  18. ↑ Newman, Robert (February 25, 2013). "Archive: YSB Magazine: Classic 1990s Covers". The Society of Publication Designers (SPD).
  19. ↑ "BET and Microsoft Team Up To Go On-line". Jet (magazine). Johnson Publishing Company. February 26, 1996. p. 62.
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