Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an American online music and film magazine launched in 2002 and co-founded by Todd L. Burns.[1][2][3] It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog.
Type of site | Music and movie webzine |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Todd Burns |
Created by | Todd Burns |
Launched | 2002 |
Current status | Offline |
Additionally, Stylus had daily features like "The Singles Jukebox", which looked at pop singles from around the globe, and "Soulseeking", a column focused on personal responses in listening. Even though they never reached the readership of other music magazines such as PopMatters or Pitchfork, they still had a very consistent and fired-up audience. In 2006, the site was chosen by the Observer Music Monthly as one of the Internet's 25 most essential music websites.[4]
Stylus closed as a business on 31 October 2007.[5][6] The site remained online for several years, but did not publish any new content.
On 4 January 2010, with the blessing of former editor Todd Burns, Stylus senior writer Nick Southall launched The Stylus Decade, a website with a new series of lists and essays reviewing music from the previous ten years.[7] It is now also defunct. The Singles Jukebox relaunched with many of the same writers as a stand-alone website in March 2009 and continues today.[8]
References
- https://www.toddlburns.com/work
- https://twitter.com/toddlburns?lang=en
- https://musicjournalism.substack.com/about
- Flynn, Paul (18 March 2006). "25 Most Amazing Music Sites". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- Neyfakh, Leon (26 October 2007). "Stylus Magazine, Respected Online Music Publication, Will Fold After Halloween". The Observer. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- "Stylus Magazine closes with some 2007 lists". BrooklynVegan. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- Nick Southall [@thestylusdecade] (3 January 2010). "www.thestylusdecade.com/ So we exist! Intro up yesterday, and lists & essays start going live on Monday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- The Singles Jukebox