Marc Weidenbaum
Marc Weidenbaum (born 1966) publishes a webzine, Disquiet, about electronic ambient music and has contributed to the scientific journal Nature upon this subject. He was also a vice-president of magazines and an editor-in-chief for two of Viz Media's magazines.
Marc Weidenbaum | |
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Born | August 3, 1966 |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Occupation | editor |
Known for | Magazine editing |
Home town | Huntington, New York |
Website | http://www.disquiet.com |
Career
Prior to his current position, he was a laundry room attendant at summer camp; an office manager at a graphic design company; a senior editor at Tower Records' Pulse! (and Classical Pulse!) magazine from 1989-1996, and as contributing editor to Pulse! from 1997-2002; and the editorial director for music at citysearch.com.[1]
At Viz Media he was the managing editor of Shonen Jump.[2] and was then promoted to editorial director after helping launch the Naruto Collector magazine. Later he became vice president and editor-in-chief of both Shonen Jump and the sister magazine Shojo Beat.[2][3] He left the company in February 2009.[4]
Writing and editing
In 1991, he wrote for Pulse! upon the popularity of Gregorian chants with college dope-smokers.[5] Pulse! magazine published a monthly cartoon and his editorial policy was to ask artists to submit three strip cartoons to choose from.[6] He now writes for the journals Nature and his web magazine Disquiet on the subject of ambient sound and experimental music.[7] In 2014 Bloomsbury published his book on the album Selected Ambient Works Volume II by Aphex Twin as part of its 33 1/3 series.
References
- Marc Weidenbaum (February 5, 2006), Off topic, four things
- Marc Weidenbaum Named V.P. Magazines, ICv2, 2008-11-16, retrieved 2008-12-09
- Viz Seeks Original Comics, ICv2, 2008-07-14, retrieved 2008-12-09
- VP/Shonen Jump EIC Weidenbaum Leaves Viz (Updated), Anime News Network, 2009-02-13, retrieved 2009-02-13
- Chuck Eddy (1997), The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'roll, p. 148, ISBN 978-0-306-80741-1
- Sam Henderson (2005), Humor Can Be Funny, ISBN 978-1-891867-41-5
- Marc Weidenbaum (2008), "Mix and mash-up", Nature, 453 (7191): 33–34, doi:10.1038/453033a