Jul 18, 2008
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
Interview with Mark Kemp
“Kemp edited the now-defunct alternative music magazine, Option; worked as a senior music editor at Rolling Stone; was a music editorial vice president at MTV Networks, and was the entertainment editor of The Charlotte Observer.”
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 24, 2008
NY Times Plays Name Games with Rappers
“At the Times, the penalty for being a rapper is twofold: you are routinely called out on your birth name (no matter how nerdy and ironic it might be), and you rarely are addressed as ‘Mr.’”
Jun 24, 2008
Hip-Hop Journalism Experiment
“Wired magazine contributor Paul Barman interviewed visionary hip hop impresario and soundtrack artist the RZA, then turned the transcript into a rhyme.”
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.”
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