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31-453: Planet Sound was a British music magazine founded in 1997 by Teletext Ltd. It featured on that company's teletext service (accessible via ITV and Channel 4 ) and official website. Planet Sound attracted a dedicated community of music fans, facilitated by its letters page, "The Void", and also received endorsements from chart musicians. The magazine was recognised by critics as an authoritative source of music journalism, and its content

62-655: A barbed-wire fence at the Trnopolje camp during the Bosnian war . LM claimed to oppose Western intervention on traditional anti-imperialist grounds, and published an article titled "The Picture that Fooled the World" which claimed that ITN's coverage was deceptive, the barbed-wire did not enclose the camp and the Muslims were in fact "refugees, many of whom went there seeking safety and could leave again if they wished." During

93-652: A companion web page also launched that year. Earls served as editor from 2001, becoming synonymous with the magazine. Colin Irwin was also a contributor. Planet Sound featured an assortment of music news, opinions, and reviews of new releases, and purported to give "sane coverage" to indie rock . It hosted a letters page titled "The Void"; those who wrote in were affectionately termed "Voiders". Planet Sound also offered appraisals of demo recordings sent in by budding musicians, and provided The Twilight Sad with their first review. Other bands to receive early media coverage from

124-639: A focus on pop music rather than rock and aimed at a younger market include the now-defunct Smash Hits and the BBC 's Top of the Pops , which outlived the television show on which it was based. The longest running music magazine in the UK is BMG , founded in 1903 by Clifford Essex . BMG , which stands for banjo, mandolin, and guitar, is the oldest fretted-instrument-focused publication and actively promotes acoustic instruments of all kinds. Major music magazines in

155-448: A historian who has written on Spiked in the context of its free speech campaigns, has noted its "right-libertarian and iconoclastic style". By contrast, digital media scholar Jean Burgess and James Bowman of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center have referred to the site as left-libertarian. Spiked opposes many public health interventions. For example, it sees campaigns against obesity as state intrusion and “a war on

186-589: A number of podcasts, with contributors including Christopher Snowdon . Spiked emerged from Living Marxism , the magazine of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). Living Marxism was founded in 1988 and rebranded as LM in 1999. Spiked was founded in 2000 after the bankruptcy of its predecessor after losing a libel case brought against it by the broadcasting corporation ITN . The case centered around ITN coverage of Fikret Alić and other Bosnian Muslims standing behind

217-557: A string of prizes for exposing the opaque spending surrounding the Brexit vote, 'the closest thing the mainstream British media has to an out-and-out conspiracy theorist'". Spiked opposed lockdown as a policy during the COVID-19 pandemic . In July 2020, an exposé by The Daily Beast reported that Spiked was one of several mainly conservative websites that had inadvertently published articles attributed to non-existent experts on

248-468: A variety of magazines and newspapers. Dave Fawbert of ShortList included Planet Sound in his list of "17 brilliant things we miss about Teletext", writing, "For the avid music fan, forget NME and Melody Maker , Planet Sound on Channel 4 was the most trusted source around." Spiked columnist David Bowden stated, "Anyone trawling around the often overblown and pretentious musings of music websites such as Pitchfork may find themselves yearning for

279-519: A variety of publications. Planet Sound has been noted as the successor to Blue Suede Views , a music magazine hosted by Teletext precursor ORACLE in the 1980s and early 1990s. The teenage writings of future Planet Sound editor John Earls – including reviews of ABC and Westworld albums – were published by Blue Suede Views . Planet Sound was named after the Pixies song, " Planet of Sound ". It began in 1997 under editor Stephen Eastwood, with

310-564: Is Melodic . Melodic has its focus mainly on hard rock , melodic metal and alternative music. Among classical music magazines, Diapason is the most read in France. An example of a nostalgia magazine is Keep Rockin' , a 1950s and 1960s nostalgia magazine. The premier issue came out in January 2009. The magazine features a mixture of current events surrounding that time period (e.g. concerts, car shows) and stories with original photos from

341-553: The New Statesman , have described the site as libertarian . A study in Policy & Internet by Heft et al. described Spiked as populist , saying that it has "roots in the radical left‐wing scene, but now oppose the political establishment from a position on the right side of the spectrum." According to Tim Knowles, the technology correspondent for The Times , Spiked is right-wing and libertarian, while Evan Smith,

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372-560: The Brexit Party as candidates or publicists, while disagreeing with Nigel Farage on many domestic issues. Spiked is edited by Tom Slater, who was previously its deputy editor. He was appointed in September 2021, and replaced Brendan O'Neill , who had been editor following Mick Hume 's departure in January 2007. On ceasing to be editor, O'Neill became Spiked' s 'inaugural chief political writer'. The magazine also produces

403-555: The Middle East . This network of fake journalists promoted the United Arab Emirates and pushed for harsher treatment of that country's opponents. Spiked did not remove the two articles, instead leaving an editorial note mentioning the articles' questionable authorship. Following the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Spiked took a strong pro-Ukrainian position , often publishing articles praising

434-593: The Ukrainian people and attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin . However, it also criticized Western media reaction following the 2022 missile explosion in Poland , accusing such media of not taking the risk of a major escalation with Russia seriously enough. In May 2007 Spiked launched the Spiked Review of Books as a monthly online literary criticism feature. This coincided with controversy in

465-756: The United Kingdom , with the NME leading sales since its first issue in 1952. NME had a longstanding rival in Melody Maker , an even older publication that had existed since 1926; however, by 2001, falling circulation and the rise of internet music sites caused the Melody Maker to be absorbed into its old rival and cease publishing. Several other British magazines such as Select and Sounds also folded between 1990 and 2000. Current UK music magazines include Kerrang! and Mojo . Magazines with

496-653: The United States include Rolling Stone (founded in 1967), DownBeat (founded in 1934), and Spin (founded in 1985). Clash magazine was voted Music Magazine of the Year in 2004 and is the second largest UK online presence. Clash was also awarded Magazine of the Year at the PPA Scotland Awards. Alternative Press has more of an " underground " coverage including pop punk , post-hardcore and metalcore . A major digital magazine from Sweden

527-626: The "LM network" or "Spiked network". Frank Furedi , interviewed in Spiked in 2007, said that the stance of LM and Spiked originates from the " anti-Stalinist left ". Environmentalists such as George Monbiot and Peter Melchett have suggested that the LM Network pursued an ideologically motivated ' anti-environmentalist ' agenda under the guise of promoting humanism . In a 2007 interview in Spiked , Frank Furedi referred to these critics as "a network of McCarthyites". Monbiot described

558-472: The "cutthroat commenting world" of the internet, asserting, "We are losing a true one-off. Future generations will surely find the very concept of Teletext baffling. Today's music news, after all, is distributed by a horde of anonymous bloggers whereas Planet Sound represented something altogether more cosy, a warm haven of musical discussion and recommendation." Earls established a record label called WET Records, and has continued to write music criticism for

589-415: The 1950s and 1960s, as well as some reader-written articles about experiences growing up during that period. Several music magazines include a free album of music (usually a compilation of tracks by various artists), known in the publishing industry as a covermount . The practice began in the 1980s with UK magazine Smash Hits giving away flexi discs , and graduated to mixtapes and compact discs in

620-409: The 1990s, with modern magazines such as NME and Mojo frequently including cover compilations. The tracks are cleared for release by the relevant record companies , and are usually released for promotional purposes. Spiked (magazine) Spiked (also written as sp!ked ) is a British Internet magazine focusing on politics, culture and society. The magazine was founded in 2001 with

651-648: The Charles Koch Foundation. The Guardian suggested that this was due to the online magazine's attacks on left-wing politics, its support and defence of hard right and far-right figures, and the many articles it publishes by writers supported by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Koch-funded Cato Institute . Spiked 's editor Brendan O'Neil dismissed such accusations as " McCarthyism " and stated that such funding

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682-527: The UK to leave the EU, with a number of its activists involved in the Brexit Party as candidates or publicists. Among those associated with Spiked who joined the Brexit Party were Claire Fox , who said she largely disagreed with Farage on domestic policies. In 2018 Monbiot wrote that "Spiked's writers rage against exposures of dark money. It calls The Observer ' s Carole Cadwalladr , who has won

713-558: The United States following the scaling back of newspaper book review sections. Spiked produces annual "free speech rankings" of UK universities. A joint investigation between DeSmog UK and The Guardian revealed that Spiked US Inc. received funding from the Charles Koch Foundation between 2016 and 2018 to develop live campus events connected with The Toleration and Free Speech program sponsored by

744-411: The court case, evidence given by the camp doctor led LM to abandon its defence. ITN was awarded damages and costs, estimated to be around £1 million. The RCP itself formally dissolved in 1996, but maintained its existence as a loose network, first around LM and then Spiked . The group of writers associated with LM who went on to form the core editorial group at Spiked , are often referred to as

775-452: The critical wisdom of John Earls and Colin Irwin on Planet Sound , their evident knowledge and enthusiasm for the job never particularly hampered by 25-odd word limits." The Twilight Sad frontman James Graham said, "I used to read Planet Sound every day. A lot of people my age discovered a lot of their favourite bands on there... I really appreciate the support [Earls] gave us." Music magazine Music magazines were very prolific in

806-531: The magazine included Maxïmo Park and Hope of the States . Planet Sound published news stories daily, with reviews being updated weekly. Rankings of each year's best albums and singles were published annually. Planet Sound earned a passionate fanbase over the years. Its original content was reproduced in articles by outlets such as the BBC , NME , Uncut , Digital Spy , and Drowned in Sound , who praised

837-802: The magazine. Teletext neglected to update the online component of Planet Sound after May 1998, although it reappeared in May 2007. It was announced in July 2009 that Planet Sound was to end in January 2010, although Teletext ultimately ceased broadcasting on 15 December 2009. Peter Ormerod of The Independent lamented Planet Sound ' s impending closure, calling it "an authoritative, informed and sprightly read from its Pixies-referencing name onwards". The final edition featured musicians Paul Heaton and Nicky Wire paying tribute to Planet Sound and Teletext. Guardian journalist David Renshaw felt that Planet Sound ' s "sense of community" stood in opposition to

868-717: The poor”. It opposes multiculturalism and (as its contributor Munira Mirza put it) sees institutional racism as “a perception more than a reality”. Spiked opposed the post- 9/11 invasions of Afghanistan and of Iraq and Western interference in developing nations in general. Spiked saw the UK's vote to leave the European Union as a demonstration of democracy against ruling elites and has celebrated Nigel Farage 's Brexit Party and Boris Johnson's Conservative government for their stance on this. Activists associated with Spiked , sometimes described as part of 'the Spiked network', were active in campaigning for

899-479: The same editor and many of the same contributors as Living Marxism , which had closed in 2000 after losing a case for libel brought by ITN . There is general agreement that Spiked is libertarian , with the majority of specialist academic sources identifying it as right-libertarian , and some non-specialist sources identifying it as left-libertarian . Activists associated with Spiked , sometimes described as part of "the Spiked network", took part in

930-495: The views of Living Marxism as having, "less in common with the left than with the fanatical right." In 2018, Monbiot wrote that, "Its [ Spiked's ] articles repeatedly defend figures on the hard right or far right: Katie Hopkins , Nigel Farage , Alex Jones , the Democratic Football Lads' Alliance , Tommy Robinson , Toby Young , Arron Banks , Viktor Orbán ". The Daily Beast , as well as Paul Mason of

961-485: Was reprinted by mainstream news and entertainment outlets including the BBC , NME and Uncut . Planet Sound was shuttered when Teletext ceased broadcasting in December 2009. The Guardian lamented the closure of "a true one-off... a warm haven of musical discussion and recommendation". Its longest-tenured editor, John Earls – who became synonymous with the magazine – has continued to write music criticism for

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