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THIS EPISODE: We eat Cheese, and talk about Journalism, Negative Reviews, London Jazz News, and our favourite live events of 2019/2020. Sebastian Scotney: LondonJazz News was started as a blog by Sebastian Scotney in 2009, and has gone on growing ever since. It now involves a substantial team of contributors and helpers. The site publishes a daily flow of news, previews, reviews and interviews. The archive of published articles now stands over 8,000 pieces, with up to 100 new pieces per month, and a record of 11 on a single day. The unmediated voice of the musician is a feature. One commentator wrote: “LJN has given musicians a voice in the jazz press.” The site provides what has been called “the most in-depth local jazz coverage on the planet” — The Jazz Line (May 2013). The team has editorial control; up to 20% of the content forms part of advertising packages, and is discreetly marked as such. LJN also covers jazz and jazz-related news from way beyond London (just as the London Review of Books is not restricted to books on, from or about London).https://londonjazznews.com/