Jul 15, 2008
Composer Loses Lawsuit Against Reviewer
“Keith Burstein ran up legal costs of £67,000 defending a test-case libel action against Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Standard, over a critical review of one of his operas.”
Jul 14, 2008
Arts Critics Getting the Ax
Read also the Guardian article linked in this post titled, “Is It Curtains for Critics?”
Jul 8, 2008
80% Ignore Professional Reviews
“8 out of 10 music fans are turning away from professional reviews and going online for music recommendations.”
Jul 8, 2008
Association Urges Newspapers to Keep Classical Critics
“Music lovers may read a variety of things, in print or online, but they invariably put a value on coverage of their local organizations in their local daily press.”
Jul 2, 2008
Washington Post Bucks Trends, Hires Full-Time Classical Music Critic
“Anne Midgette, who has been in the job on an interim basis since January, when Page took a leave of absence, has been hired officially as The Post’s classical music critic.”
Jun 27, 2008
Miami Herald Lays Off Classical Critic
“On Monday, Miami Herald Classical Music Critic Lawrence Johnson received an ‘involuntary buyout’ from his newspaper.”
Jun 23, 2008
Classical Critic Position at Kansas City Star Eliminated
“Arts jobs at the Miami Herald are still in play, but the Kansas City Star has eliminated the position of classical music critic, and with it Paul Horsley, who was given his walking papers on Monday after more that eight years in the job.”
Jun 21, 2008
Wired.com Goes Inside the Metallica Reviews Scandal
“As soon as my writers are in the firing line, then immediately, I’ve got to look after the best interests of my writers, you know. I’m definitely not going to take it down because the band asked me to.”
Jun 19, 2008
Bands the Press Loves to Hate
“If a band has the audacity to conquer the charts despite the press butchering them then this is taken personally.”
Jun 12, 2008
Metallica Blames Management, Reverses Stance on Reviews
“Once we re-surfaced on Tuesday after a few weeks on tour in Europe, we were informed that someone at Q Prime (our managers) had made the error of asking a few publications to take down reviews of the rough mixes from the new record that were posted on their sites. Our response was ‘WHY?!!!’”
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