How much worse can that new music blog Idolator get?

new times? yes.

- people assessing the worthiness of a blog within days of its launch. clearly the phrase "sit back and watch what happens" no longer applies to... fuck, anything

- the insane rants of bloggers who are salty because someone else got the job they applied for. of course, you have to wonder with such pissypants knee jerk reactions, would these douchehammers have been any good at the job?

anyway, im gonna go back to my corne and continue to cheer maura on. GO MAURA!

[hstencil mindmeld]

I think the major demographic for this blog are people in office jobs who want to escape to netsurf for a little while, and -- as someone who admits to 'escaping' frequently -- I even find it hard to keep up with every entry.

Less entries with more depth each would hopefully breed more insightful comments. I'm disappointed in the comments as they currently stand, and it's a tricky question on how to get more out of a commenter, given the small amount of time the readers each probably has to ponder the entries while on the job.

(I rarely read blogs, so there might be ones I like better or not, and this is still a new site and it's hard to say which direction it will take. No blogs, DIY or funded, start off without a bit of unrusting first, as plenty of people above pointed out.)

Blame Ned!

Again, I'm blaming the large number of entries for this. I think people would have time to elaborate more if there were fewer things to focus on per day. Just IMHO. I'm slower than most folks, though.

see also: the gawker media business model.

after the jump = let us massage our banner ad impression delivery by double serving you the article you've been reading.

wait the poop or pop thing is real?

hahaha, oh M@tt I envy you

M@tt: http://idolator.com, go to the bottom of the right-hand column

lol i didn't realize Buzznet changed its name to something equally lame last year

well i'll be...

Just noticed they got an Alison Goldfrapp interview. It would've probably been a lot better conducted by Maura, but that's beside the point. In the glory days, it would've had about 200 comments. Now it has FOUR.

In the end what happened to the 'Worst songs' feature?

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/11/f2kindex.php

Yeahy! Was wondering whatever happened to that feature. Damn, those look truly awful. Thanks!

How much worse can that new music blog [Hype Machine|Gorilla vs Bear|Popmatters|etc] get?

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/fastest-growing-digital-entertainment-publisher,1322876.shtml
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/06/update-story-behind-buzzmedia-the-music-blogs.html

BuzzMedia has added today 6 major music blogs. PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL join Stereogum, Buzznet, Idolator and Absolute Punk in the web entertainment publisher's music portfolio.

each blog has structured its own unique deal with Buzz and most are centered around advertising. While Buzz does own and control most of its original properties, the new "additions" leave most of the bloggers independent. A spokesperson for BuzzMedia described the new relationships with HypeM, RCRDLBL and Pop Matters as "partnerships" and claimed that "all sites will retain their own editorial control."

For most of the blogs, "partnership" appears to mean selling and delivering adds. But for the Gorilla vs. Bear blog, The Buzz relationship goes farther. "We generally don't get into details of how deals are structured," said the Buzz spokesperson, "but Gorilla vs. Bear is an acquisition in the form of an investment with right to buy the remainder".

there should be a 'via Carles' in there too

secretly hoping that Buzznet buys more shitty indie rock blogs and slowly ruins them like they did Idolator

"in the web entertainment publisher's music portfolio."

GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!!!

yeah i mean...i'd be pretty bitter if they've actually learned their lesson from the Idolator fiasco in time to preserve the magic of Gorilla Vs. Bear and help them thrive

no idea how much Concrete Loop or Absolute Punk are 'worth' per se but i'm betting they knew what they were doing with their sites as is and probably didn't need to enter into such a risky partnership

Absolute Punk has been owned by Buzznet for years now

oh duh misread the thing

i hope for their next act, idolator breaks the wrinklepaws scenestars payola scandal

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit)

why did i reread this thread? now i need a xanax

anyway hi guys, how's life

hey maura.

I miss o.g. Idolator so much.

You got that right.

yeah, it was beautiful at times. it simultaneously made and ruined my life. i am still talking about it in therapy! that's something!

Don't sweat it, maura! This regard affirmed my faith in both evolution and entropy!

i love you ilx. even you, crankypants don weiner.