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Type of site | Music blog, online forum |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Peter Robinson (editor) |
| Created by | Peter Robinson, various |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Forum required |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Current status | Online |
Popjustice is a music website founded in 2000 by UK freelance music journalist Peter Robinson, who has worked for NME, The Guardian, Attitude and many others. It is composed of the work of editor Robinson, features editor Michael Cragg, and a host of contributors.[1]
The website seeks to celebrate commercial popular music and does this using humour, user interaction, and contacts within the music industry. Its writing style has been compared favourably by a number of critics[like whom?] to that of the now defunct Smash Hits magazine, in that it mixes a passion for pop music with a surreal and biting wit.
The website was relaunched in January 2006 with more features, music downloads and online shop. In November 2006 Popjustice won a Record of the Day PR & Music Journalism Award in the Best Online Music Publication category, with another individual award going to Peter Robinson in the Breaking Music: Writer Of The Year category.
After a semi-hiatus since mid-2021[2] and two posts during 2022, as of 2023[update], the journalism component of the website has migrated to Substack,[3][4] with the Popjustice forums remaining at the original location.
- ^ "Contacting Popjustice". Popjustice. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ Robinson, Peter (3 September 2021). ""You asked me not to leave, well here I am again" • Popjustice". Popjustice. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Popjustice (18 November 2022). "Fine, let's do a Substack then". Popjustice. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Robinson, Peter. "Popjustice | Peter Robinson | Substack". popjustice.substack.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.