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Music Press Awards Winners Announced

Over the past month, we asked our readers - several thousand music journalists and photojournalists from around the world - to nominate and vote for the best in music journalism in 2007. Here’s what they picked:

Best News Site:
Billboard.com
Runner-up: NME.com

Best Features Site:
Pitchfork
Runner-up: Observer Music Monthly

Best Blog:
Rockcritics.com
Runner-up: Stereogum

Best Magazine:
Mojo
Runner-up: Paste

Best Writer:
Tie: Alex Ross and Rob Sheffield

Best Photographer:
David Bergman
Runner-up: Neil Zlozower

Best Book:
“Love Is a Mix Tape” by Rob Sheffield
Runner-up: “The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century” by Alex Ross

Congratulations to the winners! There’s a lot to be proud of because, unlike a lot of awards, these were decided by your peers (literally, the toughest critics in existence).

2008 Music Press Directory


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