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Just in: NY Times shakes out music critics

Just in: NY Times shakes out music critics

From the Hollywood Reporter:

According to a memo to culture desk staff Tuesday from Times culture editor Sia Michel, which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, the four critics: TV critic Margaret Lyons, pop music critic Jon Pareles, theater critic Jesse Green and classical music critic Zach Woolfe, will be “taking on new roles” with the venerable news outlet.

This has been a while coming. The Times has shrunk its reviews over the past two years, leaving Woolfe and Pareles little space for routine criticism. The less they got to review, the more their profiles shrank, making it easier for the confused newspaper to remove them. Woolfe was both knowledgeable and readable, if a little too easily swayed by a couple of PRs. He’s a loss to the shrinking critical pool.

As far as coverage of classical music is concerned, that’s pretty much curtains for the Times as a newspaper of record.

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