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PopMatters
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Managing EditorKaren Zarker
FounderSarah Zupko
FoundedOctober 1999; 26 years ago (1999-10)
Based inChicago
LanguageEnglish
Websitepopmatters.com
OCLC1122752384

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. 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.[2]

History

PopMatters was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures.[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. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million readers.

From 2006 onward, PopMatters produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service.[5] By 2009 there were four different pop culture related columns each week.

The PopMatters Book Imprint published Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, edited by Mary Money, with Titan Books in May 2012. 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.

Staff

PopMatters publishes content from worldwide contributors. Its staff includes writers from backgrounds ranging from academics and professional journalists to career professionals and first time writers. Many of its writers are published authorities in various fields of study.[2][7]

Notable contributors include David Weigel, political reporter for Slate,[8] Steven Hyden, staff writer for Grantland and author of Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?,[9] writer, author and film producer J.C. Maçek III,[10][11] documentarian and writer Rodger Jacobs[12][13] and Rob Horning, executive editor of The New Inquiry.[14] Karen Zarker is the managing editor.[15]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Milam, Chris (November 17, 2009). "Did Zach Braff Kill American Music?". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About". PopMatters. April 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Flaska, Barbara. "Sarah Zupko: Why Pop Matters". RockCriticsArchives.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999". PopMatters. March 26, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Partnership for McClatchy and PopMatters.com". Editor & Publisher. September 25, 2006. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Soft Skull and PopMatters Sitting In A Tree". Booksquare. January 12, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Michael E. Ross". NBC News. February 6, 2006.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."David Weigel". PopMatters. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hyden, Steven. "An Interview with Doug Martsch". PopMatters. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cargo". Kirkus Reviews. November 20, 2018. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maçek III, J.C. "J.C. Maçek III". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 1, 2026.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Coolican, Patrick J. (September 1, 2010). "Rodger Jacobs, writer, Stuck in Vegas And Near Homeless, Gets Some Help – From L.A." LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jacobs, Rodger. "Rodger Jacobs". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rob Horning". PopMatters. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Masthead". PopMatters. Archived from the original on March 18, 2026.
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