{{Short description|Online magazine of cultural criticism}} {{Use British English|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox website | name = Contactmusic.com | logo = Cm-logo.png | logo_size = 220px | url = [http://contactmusic.com contactmusic.com] | type = Online magazine | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2000|4}} | current_status = Active }}
'''Contactmusic.com''' is an online magazine of cultural criticism based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, and theater.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About Contactmusic.com |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/page/about-us |access-date=31 July 2016 |publisher=Contactmusic.com}}</ref>
==History== The website was created in April 2000 by a team of music and entertainment journalists. It has since expanded to over fifty staff and freelance contributors located around the globe, based on different continents and countries. Its staff includes writers from various backgrounds, ranging from academics and professional journalists to career professionals and first-time writers.<ref name="about"/>
Contactmusic.com has been cited as a source by BBC Radio,<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Wright in the Afternoon |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wr4r |access-date=31 July 2016 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> ''The Express Tribune'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Stories by Contactmusic.com |url=http://tribune.com.pk/author/2084/contactmusic-com/ |access-date=31 July 2016 |newspaper=The Express Tribune}}</ref> Warp Records and ''Vogue'',<ref>{{cite web |date=19 November 2008 |title=Clark: Interview on Contactmusic.com |url=https://warp.net/news/interview-on-contactmusic/ |access-date=31 July 2016 |publisher=Warp}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=4 August 2005 |title=Gisele's Addiction |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2005/08/04/giseles-addiction |access-date=31 July 2016 |magazine=Vogue}}</ref> and was added to the list of ratings sources of Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contactmusic.com |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/source-2476/ |access-date=31 July 2016 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>
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