NY Times Lays Off Music Reporter
Sasha Frere-Jones notes the laying off of a music reporter at the Times. He makes the argument that music reporters are almost more necessary these days than music critics–the business is free fallin' (ugh–a Petty joke), bands are coming up with new ways to earn a living, no one can figure out how to get a kid to buy an album anymore, etc.
You can read his take here.
1:38 pm
I always thought Sasha was woman...
but this is worth noting
"Critics live on big ideas and dine out on punch lines. Bloggers shoot first, ask blunt questions, and aggregate the paid folks’ writing when it works"
Even in the comments.
5:09 pm
There is a god.