Marc Weidenbaum
{{Short description|American editor (born 1966)}}
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Marc Weidenbaum (born 1966) publishes a webzine, Disquiet, about electronic ambient music and has contributed to the scientific journal Nature upon this subject. He was also a vice-president of magazines and an editor-in-chief for two of Viz Media's magazines.
Career
Prior to his current position, he was a laundry room attendant at summer camp; an office manager at a graphic design company; a senior editor at Tower Records' Pulse! (and Classical Pulse!) magazine from 1989-1996, and as contributing editor to Pulse! from 1997-2002; and the editorial director for music at citysearch.com.{{citation|url=http://disquiet.com/2006/02/05/off-topic-four-things/|title=Off topic, four things|date=February 5, 2006|author=Marc Weidenbaum}}
At Viz Media he was the managing editor of Shonen Jump.{{Citation |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/9632.html |title=Marc Weidenbaum Named V.P. Magazines |publisher=ICv2 |date=November 16, 2008 |accessdate=December 9, 2008 }} and was then promoted to editorial director after helping launch the Naruto Collector magazine. Later he became vice president and editor-in-chief of both Shonen Jump and the sister magazine Shojo Beat.{{Citation |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/12900.html |title=Viz Seeks Original Comics |publisher=ICv2 |date=July 14, 2008 |accessdate=December 9, 2008 }} He left the company in February 2009.{{Citation |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-13/vp/shonen-jump-eic-weidenbaum-leaves-viz |title=VP/Shonen Jump EIC Weidenbaum Leaves Viz (Updated) |publisher=Anime News Network |date=February 13, 2009 |accessdate=February 13, 2009 }}
Writing and editing
In 1991, he wrote for Pulse! upon the popularity of Gregorian chants with college dope-smokers.{{citation|title= The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'roll|pages=148|author=Chuck Eddy|year=1997|isbn= 978-0-306-80741-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybPb6ioa6FQC}} Pulse! magazine published a monthly cartoon and his editorial policy was to ask artists to submit three strip cartoons to choose from.{{citation|title=Humor Can Be Funny|author=Sam Henderson|year=2005|isbn=978-1-891867-41-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoBQAAAAMAAJ}} He now writes for the journals Nature and his web magazine Disquiet on the subject of ambient sound and experimental music.{{citation|title=Mix and mash-up|author=Marc Weidenbaum|doi=10.1038/453033a|journal=Nature|year=2008|volume=453|pages=33–34|issue=7191|bibcode=2008Natur.453...33W |doi-access=free}} In 2014 Bloomsbury published his book on the album Selected Ambient Works Volume II by Aphex Twin as part of its 33 1/3 series.
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