My music-heavy Twitter feed sang a mournful goodbye to a dear friend last night as Maura Johnston logged her last post at Idolator. “Just wanted to let you know that today is my last day as editor of Idolator,” she wrote. “The site will continue on, and I will continue to write about music, but we’ve decided to part ways.” The URL may remain, but it will never be the same mighty blog it was with Maura at the helm.
Editing since the blog’s 2006 internet inception, Maura’s sure taste and depth of industry knowledge crafted a meeting place for the informed and the fan. Idolator grew into a place for fans to watch R.Kelly videos and think about them too. It was smart, and fun, and Maura’s confident voice kind of made it feel like you were talking to her yourself.
Today heralds in a new era of Idolator, and thus far it’s Maura-less future seems bleak. Nine posts in, commenters are enraged (“What the fuck is going on here?” asks one) and fans are unsubscribing. It’s clear that Maura was Idolator for many (if not most) readers, and so it will take time for this Robbie and Becky to grow into the gaping hole she’s left in the blogosphere. An introduction might help build good graces, and until then, this American Idol coverage is good for page hits.
Comments (6)
Thank the Lord! This woman is such a shitty writer who should not have had a readership… about time this ended.
Are you kidding me Jon? No one seems to share your opinion, except for some Kris Allen fans or Perez Hilton. So yeah, you’re in good company.
To be honest, she was a good writer that I liked and will miss, but I had it up to here with the Kelly Clarkson/Ne-Yo worship. It was like she lived in alternate universe where those people were doing something extremely noteworthy. I don’t really see all that much difference in the posts with the new people that everyone is freaking over, though.
the most interesting stuff on idolator has been all the fuss. most of the posters seem bitter with a lot of time on their hands. the internet is chock-full ‘o’ content…if you don’t like the site, find a new bookmark.
The thing I like about Maura is that she isn’t a pushy type music snob and that she is a fan as well, which makes her writing natural. Sure, there is some Kelly Clarkson love going on in that blog and for no reason, just throws in some article about Jarvis Cocker, like a news about a puppet being auctioned that resembled like Cocker. So what? Kelly Clarkson is good. I used to dismiss her as one of those bubblegum pop artists, as for Jarvis, I never heard of him. But thanks to Maura, I actually took a second look at these artists that I would otherwise ignore.
Medicore writer with shite for taste.
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