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'''''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|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/page/about-us|website=Contactmusic.com|title=About Contactmusic.com|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
 
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 in 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|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Express Tribune]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Stories by Contactmusic.com|url=http://tribune.com.pk/author/2084/contactmusic-com/|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2016|work=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref> [[Warp (record label)|Warp Records]] and ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Clark: Interview on Contactmusic.com|url=https://warp.net/news/interview-on-contactmusic/|publisher=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|date=19 November 2008|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gisele's Addiction|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2005/08/04/giseles-addiction|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2016|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=4 August 2005}}</ref> and was added to the list of ratings sources of [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/source-2476/|title=Contactmusic.com |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
 
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[[Category:FilmMass reviewmedia websitesin Leeds]]
[[Category:MediaOnline music magazines published in Leedsthe United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Music review websites]]
[[Category:Television websites]]
[[Category:Popular culture]]
[[Category:British music magazines]]