The Arts Desk
British arts journalism website
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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]
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Type of site | Journalism |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | September 2009 |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Yes |
History
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, Adam Sweeting and Joe Muggs.
Reception
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]
