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'''''PopMatters''''' is an international [[online magazine]] of cultural criticism that covers aspects of [[popular culture]]. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as [[music]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/did-zach-braff-kill-american-music/|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Chris|last=Milam|date=2009-11-17|access-date=December 19, 2016|title=Did Zach Braff Kill American Music?}}</ref> [[television]], [[film]]s, [[book]]s, [[video game]]s, [[comics]], [[sports]], [[theater]], [[visual arts]], [[travel]], and the [[Internet]].<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/about|website=PopMatters|title=About PopMatters|date=8 April 2018 }}</ref>
'''''PopMatters''''' is an international [[online magazine]] of cultural criticism that covers aspects of [[popular culture]]. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as [[music]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/did-zach-braff-kill-american-music/|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Chris|last=Milam|date=2009-11-17|access-date=December 19, 2016|title=Did Zach Braff Kill American Music?}}</ref> [[television]], [[film]]s, [[book]]s, [[video game]]s, [[comics]], [[sports]], [[theater]], [[visual arts]], [[travel]], and the [[Internet]].<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web |date=8 April 2018 |title=About |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/about |website=PopMatters}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/sarahzupko/sarahzupko.html |title=Sarah Zupko: Why Pop Matters |publisher=Rockcriticsarchives.com |access-date=2012-08-13}}</ref> ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/72107-72091-decade-dense-the-60-most-memorable-films-of-19991-2496037835.html|title=Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 - PopMatters|work=PopMatters.com|date=26 March 2009 |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref> as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million.
''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures.<ref>{{cite web |last=Flaska |first=Barbara |title=Sarah Zupko: Why Pop Matters |url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/sarahzupko/sarahzupko.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826213357/http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/sarahzupko/sarahzupko.html |archive-date=Aug 26, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-13 |publisher=RockCriticsArchives.com}}</ref> ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 2009 |title=Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/72107-72091-decade-dense-the-60-most-memorable-films-of-19991-2496037835.html |access-date=2018-10-23 |work=PopMatters}}</ref> as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million.


From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for [[The McClatchy Company|McClatchy-Tribune News Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Partnership-for-McClatchy-and-PopMatters-com|title=Partnership for McClatchy and PopMatters.com|work=[[Editor & Publisher]]|date=2006-09-25|access-date=2012-08-23|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233952/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Partnership-for-McClatchy-and-PopMatters-com|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2009 there were four different pop culture related columns each week.
From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for [[McClatchy-Tribune News Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Partnership-for-McClatchy-and-PopMatters-com|title=Partnership for McClatchy and PopMatters.com|work=[[Editor & Publisher]]|date=2006-09-25|access-date=2012-08-23|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233952/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Partnership-for-McClatchy-and-PopMatters-com|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2009 there were four different pop culture related columns each week.


The PopMatters Book Imprint published ''Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion'', edited by Mary Money, with [[Titan Books]] in May 2012. The imprint also published four books in a series with Counterpoint/Soft Skull<ref>{{cite news|url=http://booksquare.com/soft-skull-and-popmatters-sitting-in-a-tree/ |title=Soft Skull and PopMatters Sitting In A Tree |newspaper=Booksquare |date=12 January 2006 |publisher=Booksquare.com |access-date=2012-08-13|author1=Booksquare }}</ref> in 2008{{ndash}}2009 including ''China Underground'' by Zachary Mexico, ''Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music'' by Edward Whitelock and David Janssen, ''Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists'' by Iain Ellis, and ''The Solitary Vice: Against Reading'' by [[Mikita Brottman]].
The PopMatters Book Imprint published ''Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion'', edited by Mary Money, with [[Titan Books]] in May 2012. The imprint also published four books in a series with [[Counterpoint (publisher)|Counterpoint]]/[[Soft Skull]]<ref>{{cite news |date=12 January 2006 |title=Soft Skull and PopMatters Sitting In A Tree |newspaper=Booksquare |url=http://booksquare.com/soft-skull-and-popmatters-sitting-in-a-tree/ |access-date=2012-08-13}}</ref> in 2008{{ndash}}2009 including ''China Underground'' by Zachary Mexico, ''Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music'' by Edward Whitelock and David Janssen, ''Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists'' by Iain Ellis, and ''The Solitary Vice: Against Reading'' by [[Mikita Brottman]].


== Staff ==
== Staff ==
''PopMatters'' publishes content from worldwide contributors. Its staff includes writers from backgrounds ranging from academics and professional journalists to career professionals and first time writers. Many of its writers are published authorities in various fields of study.<ref name="popmatters"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10913650|work=NBC News|title=Michael E. Ross NBC News editor and correspondent}}</ref> Notable former contributors include [[David Weigel]], political reporter for ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'',<ref name="David Weigel">{{cite web|title=David Weigel|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/29/|work=PopMatters|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> [[Steven Hyden]], staff writer for ''[[Grantland]]'' and author of ''Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hyden|first=Steven|title=An Interview with Doug Martsch|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/martsch-doug-021015/|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> and Rob Horning, executive editor of ''The New Inquiry''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rob Horning|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/68/|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> Karen Zarker is the senior editor.
''PopMatters'' publishes content from worldwide contributors. Its staff includes writers from backgrounds ranging from academics and professional journalists to career professionals and first time writers. Many of its writers are published authorities in various fields of study.<ref name="popmatters"/><ref>{{cite web |date=Feb 6, 2006 |title=Michael E. Ross |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10913650 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref> Notable former contributors include [[David Weigel]], political reporter for ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'',<ref name="David Weigel">{{cite web |title=David Weigel |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/29/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213202339/http://www.popmatters.com/archive/contributor/29/ |archive-date=Dec 13, 2013 |access-date=25 March 2013 |work=PopMatters}}</ref> [[Steven Hyden]], staff writer for ''[[Grantland]]'' and author of ''Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?'',<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hyden |first=Steven |title=An Interview with Doug Martsch |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/martsch-doug-021015/ |magazine=PopMatters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102234524/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/martsch-doug-021015/ |archive-date=Nov 2, 2012 |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> and Rob Horning, executive editor of ''The New Inquiry''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rob Horning |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/68/ |magazine=PopMatters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124093310/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/68/ |archive-date=Jan 24, 2013 |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> Karen Zarker is the senior editor.


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PopMatters
Managing EditorKaren Zarker
FounderSarah Zupko
FoundedOctober 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10)
Based inUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Websitepopmatters.com
OCLC1122752384

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music,[1] television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet.[2]

History

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PopMatters was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures.[3] PopMatters launched in late 1999[4] as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million.

From 2006 onward, PopMatters produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service.[5] By 2009 there were four different pop culture related columns each week.

The PopMatters Book Imprint published Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, edited by Mary Money, with Titan Books in May 2012. The imprint also published four books in a series with Counterpoint/Soft Skull[6] in 2008–2009 including China Underground by Zachary Mexico, Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music by Edward Whitelock and David Janssen, Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists by Iain Ellis, and The Solitary Vice: Against Reading by Mikita Brottman.

Staff

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PopMatters publishes content from worldwide contributors. Its staff includes writers from backgrounds ranging from academics and professional journalists to career professionals and first time writers. Many of its writers are published authorities in various fields of study.[2][7] Notable former contributors include David Weigel, political reporter for Slate,[8] Steven Hyden, staff writer for Grantland and author of Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?,[9] and Rob Horning, executive editor of The New Inquiry.[10] Karen Zarker is the senior editor.

References

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  1. ^ Milam, Chris (2009-11-17). "Did Zach Braff Kill American Music?". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "About". PopMatters. 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ Flaska, Barbara. "Sarah Zupko: Why Pop Matters". RockCriticsArchives.com. Archived from the original on Aug 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  4. ^ "Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999". PopMatters. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  5. ^ "Partnership for McClatchy and PopMatters.com". Editor & Publisher. 2006-09-25. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  6. ^ "Soft Skull and PopMatters Sitting In A Tree". Booksquare. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  7. ^ "Michael E. Ross". NBC News. Feb 6, 2006.
  8. ^ "David Weigel". PopMatters. Archived from the original on Dec 13, 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  9. ^ Hyden, Steven. "An Interview with Doug Martsch". PopMatters. Archived from the original on Nov 2, 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Rob Horning". PopMatters. Archived from the original on Jan 24, 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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