CMJ

Article summary

CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events, online media company and a distributor of up and coming music CDs, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, CMJ New Music Monthly and CMJ New Music Report. The company folded around 2017, but it was bought by Amazing Radio in 2019, who announced plans to bring back the CMJ Music Marathon in New York along with other new live and live-streamed offerings. The letters CMJ originally stood for College Media Journal but was also often considered short for College Music Journal.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1978 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 1979-03-01 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1978". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "1979-03-01". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361974989