PopMatters
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.[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.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.[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.