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The Arts Desk

Type of site

Journalism
Available inEnglish
FoundedSeptember 2009
URLwww.theartsdesk.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes

The Arts Desk (theartsdesk.com) is a British arts journalism website containing reviews, interviews, news, and other content related to music, theatre, television, films, and other art forms written by journalists from a variety of traditional and web-based publications.[1][2]

History[edit]

It launched in September 2009 as a shareholder collective.[3][4] In its launching year, it drew around 2000 daily visitors.[4] From 2010 to 2013, its honorary chairman was John Tusa.[5][6] Its contributing editors are made up by professional critics and veteran journalists[7] who have worked for publications such as The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph. They are freelance reviewers of art, music, dance and theatre, who post reviews online.[6] In 2019, it signed a deal with JPI Media that would allow I news to feature arts reviews and other articles written by the website's editors.[8]

Contributors to the website include Aleks Sierz and Adam Sweeting.

Reception[edit]

Upon its launch, The Telegraph deemed it as one of the best culture websites on the internet.[3] In 2012, it won an Online Media Award as the best specialist journalism site, jointly with the website for The Economist.[9] Prospect magazine described it as "Britain’s first professional arts critics website".[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The 25 best music websites". The Independent. 16 October 2009. p. 21. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  • ^ "About". The Arts Desk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  • ^ a b "Best websites: Culture". The Telegraph. 2009-11-12. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  • ^ a b Burrell, Ian (2010-04-21). "Journalism's next generation: A new wave of writers are going online". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  • ^ "Extracts: John Tusa - Pain in the Arts". theartsdesk.com. 2014-06-16. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  • ^ a b Waller, Martin (2010-10-20). "No cure for the credulous". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  • ^ Brown, Ismene (2013-08-02). "Only the artists can save the arts critics". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  • ^ "JPIMedia signs deal with TheArtsDesk". InPublishing. 2019-04-10. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  • ^ "Online Media Awards 2014". Onlie Media Awards. Carnyx Group. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
  • ^ "But What Does It Mean? & Can Art Still Shock? In association with The Arts Desk". Prospect. 10 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
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