"Blabbermouth" redirects here. For the play by Mary Morris, see Blabbermouth (play).
Blabbermouth.net is a website dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock news, as well as album and music DVD reviews. Blabbermouth.net was founded and is run by Borivoj Krgin. The first version of the website was launched in March 2001; in October 2001, the record label Roadrunner Records began hosting it.
Blabbermouth.net
Type of site
News and reviews
Owner
Borivoj Krgin
Created by
Borivoj Krgin
URL
blabbermouth.net
Registration
Optional
Launched
March 3, 2001; 21 years ago (2001-03-03)
Current status
Active
Users can post comments to selected news articles and album reviews, either in response to other user comments or in response to the article itself.
Founder Borivoj Krgin came up with the concept of Blabbermouth in January 2000. Robert Kampf, a friend of Krgin who runs Century Media Records, was staying with Krgin in New York and set up a meeting with Gunter Ford of World Management. During the meeting, Ford suggested an idea for a "heavy metal portal", a site which would offer news, merchandise, and CD reviews to get record labels to sell their products through the site. Ford wanted Kampf to be involved. Krgin disliked the idea and wished for a site that offered around-the-clock news, as he thought that no good news sites existed.[1]
Krgin began researching how to develop and host his own website two months after the meeting. After a year Krgin felt comfortable going "live". The initial "primitive" version of the site was launched on March 3, 2001. In October of the same year Monte Conner, a friend of Krgin, and a Roadrunner RecordsA&R approached Krgin with the idea of having the site hosted on the Roadrunner servers. This way, Krgin could focus on Blabbermouth.net's content rather than the technical aspects involved in running a site.[1]
Blabbermouth.net is described by the London Free Press as a "reliable industry and fan site".[2]
Sources
According to his own words, Krgin spends most of his time operating the site.[1] When finding information relating to bands, Krgin claims to search bands' official websites (including social networking sites), which are usually reported on immediately, and band message boards where members of the band post. However, Krgin relies on the contacts he has made over the years ranging from band members, metal journalists, managers and other people in the music industry, stating this is where the "best" information comes from.[1]
Krgin supposedly sends e-mails and makes telephone calls daily to obtain new information. Blabbermouth.net has a 'submit news' feature which has proved to be helpful to Krgin. When receiving a rumor he deems worthy of posting, Krgin will first research and contact people related to the band and question them about the rumour. It's claimed that 90% of the information posted is either found online or is submitted directly to the website by bands, managers, labels or associated persons.[1]
Criticism
Blabbermouth.net has been criticized by musicians and music industry persons for internet trolls and news posts that are unrelated to heavy metal or hard rock.[1] Krgin said he posts these articles to attract humorous comments from users, and as relief from the constant monotony of album news.[1]
In September 2006, Krgin claimed to have performed a cleanup of Blabbermouth.net's comments and to have adopted a policy whereby users can report offensive comments in order to have them deleted from the site. Prior to this, in his own words, "countless abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic and threatening comments" had been posted on the site since the "comments" feature was implemented in early 2002.[3]
Blabbermouth.net was visited by more than 1.2 million unique users each month, and it had an average of 80,000 unique visitors per day, according to Google Analytics (as of August 2011). The busiest day so far was 298,000 unique visitors in a single 24-hour period over May 16, 2010, due to the death of Ronnie James Dio. The second-busiest day was more than 200,000 unique visitors in a single 24-hour period, which happened the day after the death of Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele—April 15, 2010.
Blabbermouth.net is ranked as the 12,279th-most-trafficked website globally according to Alexa.[4]
Prior to its recent change requiring users to log in with a Facebook account in order to post comments, Blabbermouth.net had more 101,000 registered users (users who are registered to post comments on the site) as of August 2011.
References
^ abcdefg"13 Questions with ... Blabbermouth's Borivoj Krgin". Metal Sludge. February 24, 2004. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^Reaney, James (April 15, 2008). "Motley Crue set to rock Sarnia, sources say." London Free Press.
^"Blabbermouth.net: Cleaning Up The Crap - Sep. 28, 2006". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
^"Alexa - Blabbermouth.net". Alexa.com. August 2, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2008.[permanent dead link]
External links
Official website
January 08, 2023
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Blabbermouth redirects here For the play by Mary Morris see Blabbermouth play Blabbermouth net is a website dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock news as well as album and music DVD reviews Blabbermouth net was founded and is run by Borivoj Krgin The first version of the website was launched in March 2001 in October 2001 the record label Roadrunner Records began hosting it Blabbermouth netType of siteNews and reviewsOwnerBorivoj KrginCreated byBorivoj KrginURLblabbermouth wbr netRegistrationOptionalLaunchedMarch 3 2001 21 years ago 2001 03 03 Current statusActiveUsers can post comments to selected news articles and album reviews either in response to other user comments or in response to the article itself Contents 1 History 2 Sources 3 Criticism 4 Traffic 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditFounder Borivoj Krgin came up with the concept of Blabbermouth in January 2000 Robert Kampf a friend of Krgin who runs Century Media Records was staying with Krgin in New York and set up a meeting with Gunter Ford of World Management During the meeting Ford suggested an idea for a heavy metal portal a site which would offer news merchandise and CD reviews to get record labels to sell their products through the site Ford wanted Kampf to be involved Krgin disliked the idea and wished for a site that offered around the clock news as he thought that no good news sites existed 1 Krgin began researching how to develop and host his own website two months after the meeting After a year Krgin felt comfortable going live The initial primitive version of the site was launched on March 3 2001 In October of the same year Monte Conner a friend of Krgin and a Roadrunner Records A amp R approached Krgin with the idea of having the site hosted on the Roadrunner servers This way Krgin could focus on Blabbermouth net s content rather than the technical aspects involved in running a site 1 Blabbermouth net is described by the London Free Press as a reliable industry and fan site 2 Sources EditAccording to his own words Krgin spends most of his time operating the site 1 When finding information relating to bands Krgin claims to search bands official websites including social networking sites which are usually reported on immediately and band message boards where members of the band post However Krgin relies on the contacts he has made over the years ranging from band members metal journalists managers and other people in the music industry stating this is where the best information comes from 1 Krgin supposedly sends e mails and makes telephone calls daily to obtain new information Blabbermouth net has a submit news feature which has proved to be helpful to Krgin When receiving a rumor he deems worthy of posting Krgin will first research and contact people related to the band and question them about the rumour It s claimed that 90 of the information posted is either found online or is submitted directly to the website by bands managers labels or associated persons 1 Criticism EditBlabbermouth net has been criticized by musicians and music industry persons for internet trolls and news posts that are unrelated to heavy metal or hard rock 1 Krgin said he posts these articles to attract humorous comments from users and as relief from the constant monotony of album news 1 In September 2006 Krgin claimed to have performed a cleanup of Blabbermouth net s comments and to have adopted a policy whereby users can report offensive comments in order to have them deleted from the site Prior to this in his own words countless abusive obscene defamatory racist homophobic and threatening comments had been posted on the site since the comments feature was implemented in early 2002 3 Traffic EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Blabbermouth net was visited by more than 1 2 million unique users each month and it had an average of 80 000 unique visitors per day according to Google Analytics as of August 2011 The busiest day so far was 298 000 unique visitors in a single 24 hour period over May 16 2010 due to the death of Ronnie James Dio The second busiest day was more than 200 000 unique visitors in a single 24 hour period which happened the day after the death of Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele April 15 2010 Blabbermouth net is ranked as the 12 279th most trafficked website globally according to Alexa 4 Prior to its recent change requiring users to log in with a Facebook account in order to post comments Blabbermouth net had more 101 000 registered users users who are registered to post comments on the site as of August 2011 References Edit a b c d e f g 13 Questions with Blabbermouth s Borivoj Krgin Metal Sludge February 24 2004 Retrieved June 10 2021 Reaney James April 15 2008 Motley Crue set to rock Sarnia sources say London Free Press Blabbermouth net Cleaning Up The Crap Sep 28 2006 Roadrunnerrecords com Retrieved September 24 2012 Alexa Blabbermouth net Alexa com August 2 2008 Retrieved August 2 2008 permanent dead link External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blabbermouth net amp oldid 1126163883, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
