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February 29, 2008

Stereogum starting Videogum pop culture blog...new editors 'watch a lot of TV'

New York Observer | Read Full Story >

Stereogum, the gossipy music blog, will have more pop culture punditry for its readers to chew on: Videogum, a new entertainment blog focusing on television, movies, web shorts, and video games will launch this spring.

Two Gawker expats and Ritalin Reading Series organizers Lindsay Robertson (blogging mistress of Lindsayism.com, ComedyCentral.com, MTV.com, and the old Jane Magazine blog) and Gabe Delahaye (of corporate-casual.com and 236.com) will serve as co-senior editors, according to Stereogum founder and editor-in-chief Scott Lapatine. “They are funny and blog savvy and they watch a lot of TV,” Mr. Lapatine wrote in an email to the Observer. “So they’re perfect.”

“Daily topics will be propelled by the news cycle—current releases and what’s happening in pop culture—and our interest in obscurities and nostalgia,” Mr. Lapatine explained. He said the site would be “a trusted voice to inform you what’s worth watching, in a similarly irreverent and authoritative tone to Stereogum.”

He later added: “Stereogum’s community is very vocal and has a hand in telling us what we should be covering (and when we’re wrong) and we expect to bring that open dialogue to Videogum.”


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4 Comments

#1 jeff says:

maybe they'll launch before pitchfork.tv

#2 zzz says:

maybe they'll inform us what's worth watching on pitchfork.tv

#3 Too Funny says:

This headline is sly, but cracks me up. And hell yeah, the sgum, forkcast tail-chasing will continue.

#4 not nick denton says:

aren't people already not reading the Best Week Ever blog? seemed like VH1 had plans to conquer this space but blew it, and Bob Pittman's money already ruined Stereogum, and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...


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