Anthony Thornton (writer)
- Anthony Thornton (writer)
Anthony Thornton is a music journalist and author who is best known for his book "The Libertines: Bound Together". [Anthony Thornton (Author), Roger Sargent (Photographer): "The Libertines: Bound Together", Little, Brown Book Group (23 Feb 2006) ISBN 978-0316732345]
He was born in Cardiff in 1971 and in his career in journalism has worked with The Birmingham Post, dotmusic, The Independent and Q magazine. [http://www.anthonythornton.co.uk/bio.html (2008)]
Anthony studied for a Post Graduate Diploma in Periodical Journalism and graduated in 1997. While at studying at City University he was appointed Editor of the end of year magazine. [http://www.city.ac.uk/journalism/people/students/athornton.html]
From 1998-2003 he successfully edited NME.COM, [http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Authors/T/2864 (2008)] it became Europe's most visited music news website under his editorship. During this time he twice won the Online Editor Of The Year at the British Society Of Magazine Editors Awards. [http://www.bsme.com/awards/past.asp?Year=2001 (2008)]
In 2003 he was promoted to NME Reviews Editor and New Media Consultant.
In early 2006, Anthony's first book 'The Libertines: Bound Together' was the Sunday Times Top Ten best-selling.
In October 2006, Anthony was made Editor-in-Chief of IPC Media's successful Ignite Digital. [http://www.ipcmedia.com/press/anthony_thornton_appointed_editor-in-chief_ipc_ignite_digital_press_98014.html]
Anthony has previously been described as a Libertines 'fanactic'. Fact|Citation Needed| ()|date=August 2008
Notes
Sources
* Anthony Thornton (Author), Roger Sargent (Photographer): "The Libertines: Bound Together", Little, Brown Book Group (23 Feb 2006) ISBN 978-0316732345
* http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Authors/T/2864
* http://www.anthonythornton.co.uk/bio.html (2008)
* http://www.bsme.com/awards/past.asp?Year=2001 (2008)
* http://www.ipcmedia.com/press/anthony_thornton_appointed_editor-in-chief_ipc_ignite_digital_press_98014.html
External links
* [http://www.thelibertines-boundtogether.co.uk Official website for 'The Libertines: Bound Together' book]
* [http://www.anthonythornton.co.uk Anthony Thornton's personal website]
* [http://www.bsme.com BSME website]
* [http://www.nme.com NME.com]
* [http://www.littlebrown.co.uk Little Brown Books]
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