Stereogum

Significant redesign:

http://stereogum.com/273742/the-story-of-the-story-of-stereogum/news/

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Ladies/juggalos –

Stopped reading here.

please tell me no one here reads this blog.

I think you'd be surprised.

Alexa's "Traffic Rank in US":

P4k - 915
Stereogum - 3,394
Spin - 5,766

I used to read Stereogum when it was just Scott writing and it was just a funny blog. Now it just seems like work (to read and write).

ilxor.com - 30,365

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Hahaha

;-)

I'm okay with the more fleshed-out Stereogum and it's Pitchforkish layout now, but the logo redesign? zzzzzzzz

Who thought that changing from this...

http://i46.tinypic.com/ixyuqq.png

to this...

http://cdn.stereogum.com/wp-content/themes/stereogum/images/logo.png

...was in any way a good idea? BORING.

more bars in more places imo

Yeah, I can't cite any specifics, but it seems like LED bars have been done to death in music blog/press logos.

Can someone tell me the genesis of the "gum" suffix in Stereogum, Videogum, et al. There's other sites not owned by them that use it too, but I can't rrmember their names

Stereogum was the first time I'd heard it used.

There was like an influx of -gum sites like 2007, and i was wondering if they were all ripping of stereogum or if gum just means something.

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― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao)

i haven't figured out your place in all this yet, dyao, but i'm working on it ;)

Babelgum was the biggest one that came in Sgum's wake. Are they simply swagger-jackers or does -gum mean something in internet talk?

always assumed that babelgum was a pun on bubblegum?

I knew the editor of Videogum in lolcollege.

Metrogum is another one! What's with all the gum?

i always assumed they were part of the same Internet cabal. they're not?

Nah Rightgum

http://www.dailytargum.com/polopoly_fs/1.611619!masthead2.gif

The Daily Mugrat would be a better name

Stereogum and Videogum are connected

Babelgum and Metrogum are on some other gum shit that is curious

the entire background is an ad right now

http://cdn.stereogum.com/wp-content/themes/stereogum/images/gumbowl_header_2.jpg

The dance card: Team Please Don’t Tell (Jon Glaser, Patrick Borelli, Dawn Landes, Doveman, Sondre Lerche) vs. Team Not Seattle Team Strike Force (Gabe Delahaye, Max Silvestri, Marnie Stern, Jemina Pearl, Kip Berman). Congratulations, winning team that was just revealed in that video!

stfu

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8049/ohnoc.jpg

@1000TimesYes: I guess this is a good time as any to announce I'm taking over for @amritsingh at @stereogum. Thx to @scottgum for inviting me to the party

Congrats Whiney! <3

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I missed that Amrit left in 2013. I guess I can read Stereogum again after a ten year hiatus. (For all I know, he became less irritating over time, but that dude SUUUUUUCKED SO HARD when he started.)

This article has gone through some interesting revisions, distressing stuff

http://www.stereogum.com/1854016/amber-coffman-bethany-cosentino-others-accuse-publicist-of-sexual-misconduct/news/

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/stereogum-buys-itself-back-from-billboard-spin-sold-to-new-owner/

I....didn't know Billboard owned Stereogum to begin with.

grim....

In 2020, upon taking back control of this site from the company that acquired it from another company, I did all things you're supposed to do to diversify revenue, which had come 100% from advertising: writing a newsletter, building a merch shop, adding affiliate links, partnering on live events, and most importantly launching a paid subscription program. Things were looking great, with Stereogum becoming the most popular standalone music website in America according to Comscore. Traffic and revenue increased every year.

We would not be in business without our community of paying members (thank you!) but a lot has changed in five years, and some new obstacles have made the outlook for web publishers particularly dire. Advertising still accounts for the vast majority of Stereogum's revenue (hit us up if you would like to advertise!) but starting this year the so-called "media traffic apocalypse" caused by Google's pivot to AI search has cut our ad revenue by 70%. Prior to that, Facebook and X's deprioritization of links hurt too, but I can't downplay the brutal impact of AI Overview.

apologies, this was already posted in the rolling music writers' thread.