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2007 |
| 7 JUL 2007 |
New York Times:
Seth Schiesel compares Metascores for games, albums, and movies to suggest that game critics are more powerful than film and movie critics in driving sales in this E3 week article. |
| 7 MAR 2007 |
San Francisco Bay Guardian:
Metacritic is mentioned in Aaron Sankin's article on Fox News' "1/2 Hour News Hour." |
| 7 MAR 2007 |
Slate:
Chris Baker cites Metacritic data in an article analyzing sales of the new game platforms. |
| 18 FEB 2007 |
Chicago Tribune:
Metacritic's Film Editor is quoted in a roundup of film critics' opinions on the upcoming Academy Awards. |
| JAN 2007 |
Alllure:
The magazine mentions Metacritic in an article entitled, "How to Enjoy a Trip to the Movies." |
2006 |
| 28 DEC 2006 |
Chicago Sun-Times:
Metacritic's TV Editor is quoted in critic Doug Elfman's recap of the year in television coverage on the web. |
| 15 DEC 2006 |
The Guardian:
Metacritic's Music's Best of 2006 coverage is highlighted in a roundup. |
| SEP 2006 |
Wired:
Metacritic's Music Editor is quoted in an article by Dave Itzkoff, "The Pitchfork Effect." |
| 18 JUL 2006 |
The New York Times:
Metacritic.com is mentioned on A.O. Scott's commentary on the differing critical and public reaction to the latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment. |
| 8 JUL 2006 |
San Francisco Chronicle:
Metacritic is mentioned in an article about the success of the film An Inconvenient Truth. |
| 23 JUN 2006 |
Entertainment Weekly:
Metacritic is selected by EW as one of their 25 favorite entertainment websites. |
| 8 JUN 2006 |
MarketWatch.com:
An article entitled "Video game reviews presage stock moves" discusses the surprising correlation between Metacritic's videogame Metascores and the stock performance of game publishers. |
| 2 JUN 2006 |
Hollywood Reporter:
Metacritic is mentioned in Anne Thompson's article on the future (and present) of film criticism. |
| 20 MAY 2006 |
The New York Times:
Metacritic.com is cited in a blurb on the critical reception for The Da Vinci Code. |
| 7 MAY 2006 |
Daily Telegraph:
Telegraph columnist John Sutherland explores Metacritic's Books section. |
| 11 APR 2006 |
Metacritic.com received four nominations at the 10th Annual Webby Awards, in the categories of Games-Related, Guides/Ratings/Reviews, Movie & Film, and Music. Metacritic has now received eight Webby nominations throughout its history. |
| 5 APR 2006 |
Metacritic adds RSS feeds for each section of the site. |
| 31 MAR 2006 |
San Francisco Chronicle:
In an article, Peter Hartlaub compares the Metascores of recent zombie films to the Metascores of recent films by prominent directors and actors. The zombies win. |
| 3 MAR 2006 |
Chicago Tribune:
Metacritic is included in the Tribune's list of the 50 Best Web Sites. |
| 18 FEB 2006 |
The Wall Street Journal:
Metacritic is the only website included in Nick Wingfield's Power List of the movers and shakers in the videogame industry. |
| 3 FEB 2006 |
Hollywood Reporter:
An article by Anne Thompson discusses the Internet phenomenon of movie review aggregation, focusing on Metacritic.com and its "busily cluttered" competitor. |
| 31 JAN 2006 |
Village Voice:
Robert Christgau repeatedly mentions Metacritic in his introduction to this year's installment of the Voice's excellent annual survey of music critics, the Pazz & Jop Poll. |
| 31 JAN 2006 |
Chicago Tribune:
Metacritic is cited in an article on the top-selling games of 2005, "Familiarity breeds bucks, sales reveal." |
| 30 JAN 2006 |
USA Today:
An article handicapping the Album of the Year race for the upcoming Grammy Awards refers to the Metascores of the five contenders. |
| 9 JAN 2006 |
Newsweek:
An article on the increasing market share of indie music references Metacritic's top albums of the year. |
| 5 JAN 2006 |
The New York Times:
Kelefa Sanneh's article on the abundance of year-end music lists highlights Metacritic's Best of 2005 coverage. |
2005 |
| 30 DEC 2005 |
The Motley Fool:
A best of 2005 wrap-up cites Metacritic's Best of 2005 games coverage. |
| 29 DEC 2005 |
The Wall Street Journal:
An article entitled "How to Fix Your Life in 2006" suggests using Metacritic.com as a solution to the problem, "Even your favorite movie, book, music or TV critic gets it wrong sometimes." |
| 23 DEC 2005 |
The Globe And Mail:
A wrap-up of the year in film discusses Metacritic. |
| 15 DEC 2005 |
San Francisco Chronicle:
Another article on the best music of 2005 mentions Metacritic. |
| 15 DEC 2005 |
Kansas City Star:
Timothy Finn discusses Metacritic's top-rated albums of the year in his roundup of Best of 2005 music coverage. |
| 28 NOV 2005 |
San Francisco Chronicle:
In David Einstein's Computing Q&A, the columnist calls Metacritic "the place to go for movie reviews." |
| 16 NOV 2005 |
Metacritic adds coverage of the Xbox 360 platform to its games section. |
| 5 OCT 2005 |
Metacritic launches its new Television section. |
| 23 SEP 2005 |
Washington Post:
Metacritic.com is mentioned in Richard Harrington's profile of musician Sufjan Stevens. |
| 8 AUG 2005 |
Variety:
Variety is among the publications covering the CNET acquisition in an article entitled "CNET takes in MetaCritic." |
| 8 AUG 2005 |
PRESS RELEASE:
CNET Networks Acquires metacritic.com
Also read a note from Metacritic's founders about joining CNET |
| 7 AUG 2005 |
Los Angeles Times:
Metacritic is mentioned in
Richard Cromelin's article about folk singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, "The States Of His Art ." |
| 3 JUL 2005 |
New York Daily News:
Now here's an idea that we can get behind: In an article entitled "Loser movies? Loosen prices," film critic Jack Mathews proposes that movie theaters adjust ticket prices on a per-movie basis to reflect each movie's Metascore. Under his system, the lower the Metascore, the lower the price. It's nice to dream, isn't it? |
| 2 JUL 2005 |
The Globe And Mail [Toronto]:
Film critic Liam Lacey compares Metascores of domestic and foreign films in an article about Hollywood's box office slump. [p. R10] |
| 22 MAY 2005 |
Los Angeles Times:
Metacritic is mentioned in Scott Timberg's article on the "ebb tide" of critical power, "Critical Condition." [p. E1] |
| 4 MAY 2005 |
Sydney Morning Herald:
A short article highlights Metacritic's film section. |
| 19 APR 2005 |
Denver Post:
Metacritic is referenced in article about the discrepancy between box office performance and critic reviews for "Meet The Fockers." [p. F01] |
| 16 APR 2005 |
The Hollywood Reporter:
Metacritic is mentioned in an interview with games developer Lorne Lanning of Oddworld Inhabitants. |
| 12 APR 2005 |
Metacritic receives its fourth Webby Award nomination, named as one of five finalists for best Games-Related site for the 9th Annual Webby Awards. |
| 26 MAR 2005 |
Chicago Sun-Times:
Film critic Roger Ebert mentions Metacritic in an online Q&A. |
| 24 MAR 2005 |
Houston Press:
Metacritic is cited in an article about singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur. |
| 28 JAN 2005 |
The New York Times:
Film critic Stephen Holden refers to Metacritic in his review of "Alone In The Dark." [p. E25] |
| 2 JAN 2005 |
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
Metacritic's music rankings are mentioned in a Best of 2004 wrap-up. |
2004 |
| 30 DEC 2004 |
Metacritic launches a completely redesigned site (its third design to date), which includes coverage of Nintendo DS games and Books for the first time. |
| 26 DEC 2004 |
Washington Post:
The Post's Web Watch column examines Metacritic's film section. [p. F07] |
| 26 DEC 2004 |
Sunday Times (London):
The Times calls Metacritic "an essential prelude to any visit to the video shop" in a mini-review of metacritic.com. |
| 7 NOV 2004 |
Newark Star Ledger:
Metacritic is cited in an article entitled "Spotlight shines on Web film sites" |
| 24 OCT 2004 |
The New York Times:
Metacritic is referenced in the Randall Stross' Digital Domain column (in an article about Pixar). [Sec. 3, p. 5] |
| 27 SEP 2004 |
The New Yorker [Online Only Edition]:
Music critic Sasha Frere-Jones refers to Metacritic in a discussion about Loretta Lynn's latest album. |
| 17 SEP 2004 |
Washington Post:
Metacritic is mentioned in an article about Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow. |
| 16 SEP 2004 |
Game Daily Biz:
An article about the influence of game critics on game publishers and consumers discusses Metacritic.com and quotes Metacritic's Game Editor, Marc Doyle. |
| 11 AUG 2004 |
Salon:
Thomas Bartlett discovers Metacritic in his Wednesday Morning Download column. |
| 1 AUG 2004 |
USA Today:
Metacritic is cited in an article about The Village. |
| 16 JUL 2004 |
ecommerce-guide.com:
Internet.com's ecommerce-guide profiles Metacritic in a feature by James Maguire. |
| 1 JUL 2004 |
USA Today:
Metacritic is cited in an article about Spider-Man 2. |
| JUN 2004 |
Time Magazine:
Metacritic is one of Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Web Sites for 2004. |
| 16 JUN 2004 |
Sacramento Bee:
Metacritic is mentioned in a column entitled Lost in the Web latitudes. |
| 21 MAY 2004 |
Hollywood Reporter:
An article about Warner Brothers reveals that the studio is using Metascores to help determine licensing rates for its properties, with a minimum score of 70 required to avoid a financial penalty. |
| 13 MAY 2004 |
The Metacritic Discussion Forums open, allowing Metacritic users to discuss movies, music, games, and whatever else is on their minds. |
| 3 MAY 2004 |
Tech TV:
Metacritic is cited in an article entitled How to Pick a Videogame. |
| 30 APR 2004 |
New Zealand Herald:
Metacritic is heralded as "the ultimate in pure criticism" in IT Editor Peter Griffin's Web Walk column. |
| 20 APR 2004 |
PC Magazine:
Metacritic is one of PC Magazine's 100 Best Undiscovered Web Sites for 2004. |
| 8 FEB 2004 |
Los Angeles Times:
The Times runs an article about Metacritic.com and its film section. (Calendar, P.3) |
| 4 JAN 2004 |
Boston Globe:
Film critic Ty Burr refers to Metacritic in his article on film criticism, "The promise and peril of movie ratings" |
| 2 JAN 2004 |
Globe And Mail [Toronto]:
Metacritic is mentioned in a recap of film for the year 2003. |
2003 |
| 16 DEC 2003 |
Chattanooga [Tenn.] Times Free Press:
Metacritic is mentioned in an article about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. ("The Wright Stuff," p.E1) |
| 16 DEC 2003 |
Village Voice:
Metacritic is mentioned numerous times in music critic Robert Christgau's article on indie music. {"An Alternative Universe," p.96) |
| 16 DEC 2003 |
ChartAttack.com:
Metacritic is cited in an article about electronic-rock band The Notwist. |
| 29 NOV 2003 |
Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville, Fla.]:
Metacritic is mentioned in the paper's "Web Watch" column. (p. E5) |
| 9 NOV 2003 |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Metacritic is included in columnist Jay Constantz's list of favorite web sites. (p.10H) |
| 22 SEP 2003 |
UK Newsquest Regional Press:
Metacritic is reviewed favorably by website designer Michael Rodham-Heaps. |
| 24 AUG 2003 |
San Francisco Chronicle:
Film critic Mick LaSalle refers to his rating on Metacritic.com in his "Ask The Critic" column. (p.O3) |
| 15 AUG 2003 |
The Commercial Appeal [Memphis, Tenn.]:
Metacritic is the paper's daily pick of the Web. (p.E1) |
| 11 AUG 2003 |
Ottawa Sun:
Roger Ebert refers to Metacritic in a defense of his "Gigli" review. (Showbiz, p.22) |
| 21 JUN 2003 |
San Diego Union-Tribune:
"Spirited Away" is cited as Metacritic's highest-scoring movie for 2002. (p.E3) |
| 10 JUN 2003 |
The Augusta Chronicle [Georgia]:
In a blurb describing the site, Metacritic is called "required reading for every music, movie or game geek." (p. C04) |
| 1 JUN 2003 |
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Metacritic is included among the sites described in " Sites give gamers tips on how to find best, worst stuff ." (p.8J) |
| 25 MAY 2003 |
New York Daily News:
Film critic Jami Bernard cites Metacritic multiple times in an article on director Neil LaBute. (Showbiz, p.5) |
| 21 MAY 2003 |
Chicago Tribune:
In an article on the Webby Award nominations, Metacritic is described as "an immensely useful gathering of film reviews." (Tempo, p.2) |
| 9 MAY 2003 |
Visalia Times-Delta [Calif.]:
Metacritic is cited as a web site of note: "Never again do you have an excuse for renting a bad video." (p. 6A) |
| 27 APR 2003 |
The Gazette [Colorado Springs]:
In a roundup of websites, Metacritic is called "one of the Web's best resources for critical information about film, video, music and games." |
| 10 APR 2003 |
Online Journalism Review:
Metacritic is mentioned (favorably) in an article entitled "Ethics in Video Game Journalism" in this publication by the USC Annenberg School of Communication. |
| 8 APR 2003 |
Metacritic.com received two nominations at the Seventh Annual Webby Awards (which are announced in June 2003), in the categories of Film and Music. This marks the second consecutive year that Metacritic has received a nomination for Best Film Web Site. |
| 26 MAR 2003 |
New York Daily News:
Critic Jack Mathews cites Metacritic in his article on "Spirited Away." (Now, p.46) |
| 23 MAR 2003 |
Washington Post:
Film critic Stephen Hunter refers to Metacritic in an article on comedies and the Oscars. (p.G01) |
| FEB 2003 |
Metacritic launches a complete redesign of its website. Not only has the entire look of the site been changed, but a host of new features has been added, including new advanced search functionality, "Print This Page" and "Email This Page" features, better organization and indexing of site content, and more. |
| 26 JAN 2003 |
Chicago Tribune:
In an article entitled "Everybody's a critic ; Do reviewers even matter?; Yes . . . and no," Robert K Elder refers to Metacritic.com as "a barometer site for critical reviews." [p. C5] |
| 13 JAN 2003 |
Los Angeles Times (Online):
Times Film Critic Manohla Dargis admits to using metacritic.com when she's procrastinating. That's OK; we sometimes do the same thing with the Times. |
2002 |
| 24 NOV 2002 |
New York Daily News:
Daily News film critic Jack Mathews, in an article about the critically-acclaimed but little-seen film Spirited Away titled "'AWAY' IT GOES Disney has lost valuable time on a less than 'Spirited' marketing campaign, but says it can still change course," refers to Metacritic as "the best movie review summary on the Web." [Showtime, p.11] |
| 28 AUG 2002 |
The Morning News:
Metacritic mentioned in a lengthy but interesting article about the process of selecting critic blurbs for movie advertising. |
| 12 JUL 2002 |
Entertainment Weekly:
In a review of our Film section, EW calls Metacritic "The Web's best film review site" and awards Metacritic an A grade. [p.87] |
| JUL 2002 |
Metacritic.com adds Game Boy Advance coverage to its Games section. |
| 21 JUN 2002 |
BusinessWeek Online:
An entire article devoted to Metacritic.com, entitled "Movie Reviews to Go," appears in the magazine's 'Clicks & Misses' section. |
| 21 JUN 2002 |
Chicago Sun-Times:
Metacritic.com mentioned by film critic Roger Ebert in his review of Lilo & Stitch. |
| 31 MAY 2002 |
Charlotte Observer:
Metacritic.com mentioned in an article by reviewer Lawrence Toppman entitled "Don't enjoy any one movie critic? Then try them all." |
| 30 APR 2002 |
PRESS RELEASE: Metacritic.com Nominated For Best Film Web Site At The Sixth Annual Webby Awards |
| 29 APR 2002 |
Metacritic.com has been nominated for Best Film Web Site at the Sixth Annual Webby Awards. Metacritic.com is also eligible to win a People's Voice Award--don't forget to vote for us! |
| 27 FEB 2002 |
Toronto Star:
A description of Metacritic appears in an article entitled "Careful how you criticize: Web judges are watching." [Entertainment section, p. D02] |
| FEB 2002 |
Yahoo! Internet Life:
Metacritic.com mentioned as a "slick" source for film reviews. [February 2002, p.82] |
| 24 JAN 2002 |
Due to overwhelming demand from our users, a list of the 200 all-time lowest scores is added to Metacritic Film. It is likely that there will be new additions to the list weekly. |
| 23 JAN 2002 |
In Metacritic Games, we now have a full list of all games in our database, sorted in score order (from highest to lowest) for each game platform: Playstation 2, PC Games, Gamecube, XBox, Dreamcast, Playstation, and Nintendo 64. |
| 23 JAN 2002 |
In Metacritic Music, we now have a full list of all albums in our database, sorted in score order from highest to lowest. |
| 13 JAN 2002 |
New York Daily News:
Metacritic.com mentioned favorably in an article on film criticism by reviewer Jack Mathews. |
| JAN 2002 |
Playboy:
Metacritic.com is called a "fabulous review site" in a feature on p. 34 of the January 2002 issue of Playboy. (See, we really were reading it just for the articles.) |
| JAN 2002 |
Metacritic Film content, including Metascores, are incorporated into Vindigo's entertainment guide for PocketPC users. To download Vindigo software for your PDA, go to vindigo.com. |
2001 |
| NOV 2001 |
Metacritic Games expands its coverage to the new XBox and GameCube platforms. |
| AUG 2001 |
Yahoo! Internet Life:
Metacritic.com was featured as an "Incredibly Useful Site." [August 2001, p.41] |
| 29 JUN 2001 |
A new Critics & Publications feature is added to our Film and Video sections, allowing users to view reviews and scores by individual critic or publication. |
| 16 JUN 2001 |
Metacritic is profiled on ".com With Mark Hamill" on CNBC. The segment can also be viewed online. |
| 12 JUN 2001 |
PRESS RELEASE: Metacritic Featured On ".com" With Mark Hamill
Program Airdates:
Saturday, June 16 at Noon ET / 9a PT on CNBC
Monday, June 18 at 8a ET / 5a PT on Bravo
Friday, June 22 at 8a ET / 5a PT on Bravo
or view segment online |
| 17 MAY 2001 |
"Latest Developments at Metacritic.com" section added to News page. Back-dated entries are added to make it appear that this section was here all along. |
| 11 MAY 2001 |
In response to numerous email suggestions, Metacritic adds a list of Top 200 All-Time High Scores to its film section. Concurrently, Metacritic announces that it is embarking on a project to add older film releases to its database throughout the year. |
| 1 MAY 2001 |
Metacritic launches an expanded Games section, with full coverage of releases for Playstation 2, Playstation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and PC Games. |
| 5 APR 2001 |
Metacritic improves its search engine, allowing site visitors to actually find what they are looking for (well, at least most of the time). |
| 15 MAR 2001 |
Metacritic launches an expanded Music section, with full coverage of CD releases in a variety of genres, including Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Electronic, Dance, and more. |
| 14 MAR 2001 |
Metacritic's wireless site, which provides movie and video reviews on any Palm, Windows CE, or PocketPC device, is named a "Cool Channel" by AvantGo. |
| 9 FEB 2001 |
Houston Chronicle:
Metacritic mentioned in "What's Online" article by Cay Dickson. [Technology, p.2] |
| 26 JAN 2001 |
Metacritic is named Yahoo!'s Pick of the Day. |
| 24 JAN 2001 |
DMNews.com:
"Metacritic.com Takes a Shot at Content Marketing" [Sorry... link no longer available] |
| 19 JAN 2001 |
PRESS RELEASE: Metacritic.com Launches Innovative New Website For Movie, Video, Music, and Game Reviews |
| 19 JAN 2001 |
Metacritic offically launches! At launch, the site has full coverage of theatrical film releases as well as video and DVD releases. |
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