Nathan Brackett
{{Short description|American journalist}}
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{{for|the president of Storer College|Nathan Cook Brackett}}
Nathan Brackett is a former music journalist and {{asof|October 2016|lc=y}}, an executive at Amazon Music.{{cite news|last1=Ingham|first1=Tim|title=Top Rolling Stone Editor Quits After 20 Years To Join Amazon Music|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/top-rolling-stone-editor-quits-after-20-years-to-join-amazon-music/|access-date=3 August 2017|publisher=Music Business Worldwide|date=25 November 2016}}{{cite news|title=Amazon snaps up Rolling Stone executive editor to head editorial for Amazon Unlimited Music|url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/11/27/amazon-snaps-up-rolling-stone-executive-editor-head-editorial-amazon-unlimited-music|access-date=3 August 2017|publisher=The Drum|date=27 November 2016}}
Career
Brackett started his career at Musician Magazine in 1991 and worked his way up to associate editor. In 1996, he left Musician, and took a role as the music editor of Time Out New York.{{cite news|last1=Gross|first1=Jason|title=Rolling Stone Editor Snubs Breakfast Reviews, Predicts Klezmer Kraze|url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/nathanbrackett/nathanbrackett.html|access-date=3 August 2017|publisher=ROCKCRITICS.COM}}
Nathan left Time Out for Rolling Stone in 1996 when he took the position of associate editor. In 2001, he was promoted to senior editor. In 2007 he took the role of editor of the online property, RollingStone.com. In 2007 he also became deputy managing director of Rolling Stone, where he remained until 2013 when he became executive editor of all of Rolling Stone.
In 2016, he left the top role at Rolling Stone for a position as head of editorial at Amazon Music.{{cite news|title=Rolling Stone's Nathan Brackett Named Amazon Music Editorial Head|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7550019/rolling-stone-editor-nathan-brackett-named-amazon-music-editorial-head|access-date=3 August 2017|publisher=Billboard|date=24 October 2016}}
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Category:American music journalists
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Category:American magazine editors
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