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Interesting read, I appreciate the data driven look.

If anyone's interested I've done some research on music criticism over the years. I'll post a couple of links below. Unfortunately the book I edited on the topic (Pop Music & the Press, Temple University Press) isn't in electronic form so I can't share that.

Art to Commerce: The Trajectory of Popular Music Criticism

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376652113_Art_to_Commerce_The_Trajectory_of_Popular_Music_Criticism#fullTextFileContent

Napster and the Press

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282231919_Napster_and_the_Press_Framing_Music_Technology#fullTextFileContent

Re-Viewing Rock Writing: Narratives of Popular Music Criticism

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313250015_Re-Viewing_Rock_Writing_Narratives_of_Popular_Music_Criticism#fullTextFileContent

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