Peter Robinson (journalist)

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Peter Robinson is a British music journalist and creator of the pop music-based blog Popjustice. Recently, he has been hired to create the new Channel 4 music website along with the anonymous author of blog "Holy Moly" [1]. Robinson first came to the attention of music fans with his self-published biography/fanzine of The KLF, Justified and Ancient History.[2] He is also the author of three other books: "The Official Story" and "On Tour" for UK pop band Busted, and also the author of the tie-in book to UK reality TV show Popstars: The Rivals.

His tongue-in-cheek writing harks back to the style of '80s magazines like Smash Hits, and often features running gags. His NME column Peter Robinson Versus..., in which he conducts a page-long interview over the phone, is a favourite among NME fans for its irreverent tone and non-sequitur topics. Perhaps because of his familiarity with the pop music scene, it features more mainstream pop and hip-hop artists than the rest of the indie-oriented magazine.

In November 2006 he won a Record of the Day PR & Music Journalism Award in the Breaking Music: Writer Of The Year category. Popjustice won in the Best Online Music Publication category.

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  1. ^ All singing, all dancing | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
  2. ^ Nicol, J., Justified And Ancient History review, Q Magazine, May 1993.
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