The Idolator has a review of the latest issue of Spin and brings up some good points about the problems facing magazines that intend to cover current newsworthy topics while sticking to a typical magazine production schedule.
Citing that there’s a more going on in the Sydney music scene than New York, Jann Wenner has launched an Australian version of Rolling Stone that will feature coverage of local issues and music.
Perfect Sound Forever has posted an interview with punk musician, journalist, photographer, publisher and webmaster Sharon Cheslow. (thx BF)
Former LA Times and New York Times Music Writer Jeff Leeds is the new Editor-in-Chief at Buzznet. He joins former Alternative Press editor Leslie Simon, who has been hired as Senior Editor.
“She said my reviews were unfair, and I was attacking the orchestra.”
“In Fricke’s belief system, any occasion that finds a classic band releasing and touring behind a new record is always a call back to the glory days, a time when rock music was epic and giants walked the earth and so on.”
“In a month in which The Wire has boldly rebranded itself with a cover shot of a bearded man stroking his chin, it might seem that there is not much more the British music press can do to surprise us.”
“For the first time in a very great while, folks such as your Idolatrix, a few other blawgahs, and various news outlets found selected content within to be newsworthy.”
“Including the grant, the company plans to invest a total of $882,000 into its website, ClashMusic.com, which launched in January, and said it will add 18 new positions to its operation.”
“When Levy took over in January, he had two or three months to figure out what worked and what didn’t. It seems that, since he has kept virtually every editorial gimmick that Blender had developed in its seven-year lifetime, he likes Blender the way it was.”
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