Judith Sims
Judith Sims (c. 1939 – March 25, 1996) was an American journalist, music critic, and magazine editor. She was the editor of the rock magazine TeenSet in the 1960s. Later she was the Los Angeles bureau chief for Rolling Stone.
Career
Judith Sims was the editor of the rock magazine
Sims strongly advocated copyright protection for writers. She was the president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Writers Union.[8]
Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres eulogized her, saying that she had taken TeenSet above the field of teen magazines to become "one of the first publications to reflect the social and musical changes of those times". He remembered how she and he "were partners on every level", flying back and forth between San Francisco and Los Angeles in the early 1970s, until June 1972 when she met her soon-to-be husband. Fong-Torres said that Sims gave him an early journalism platform at TeenSet along with music/film critic Jacoba Atlas (later a television executive producer) and rock journalist Jerry Hopkins.[7] Music critic David Wagner, writing in 1968, agreed that Sims was "an intelligent, clear-eyed interpreter" of the music scene, improving TeenSet until it was the best teen magazine.[11] She is currently[when?] a focus of an upcoming book by Allison Bumsted entitled "TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism: Don't Let the Name Fool You" through the University of Mississippi Press.[12][13]
Personal life
Sims lived with her husband in
References
- ISBN 978-0-307-45239-9.
- ^ Armstrong, Donald E. Jr. (October 26, 2019). "TeenSet Part 3". Music Journalism History. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-307-37380-9.
- ^ Bumsted, Allison. "Articles, interviews and reviews from Judith Sims: Rock's Backpages". www.rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "Articles, interviews and reviews from Judith Sims: Rock's Backpages". www.rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "It's Not Exactly the Staff of Life". Rolling Stone, July 20, 1972.
- ^ a b Fong-Torres, Ben (April 5, 1996). "The Mean, Mean Month of March" (PDF). Gavin. No. 2099. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d "Judith Sims; Journalist, Advocate for Writer Copyrights". Los Angeles Times. March 29, 1996. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ Bumsted, Allison. "Articles, interviews and reviews from Judith Sims: Rock's Backpages". www.rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Sims, Judith (August 2, 1987). "1967, The Summer of Love: There Was a Brief Moment When the Sun Really Shone". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ Bumsted, Allison. "Articles, interviews and reviews from Judith Sims: Rock's Backpages". www.rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism: Don't Let the Name Fool". University of Mississippi Press. Retrieved January 13, 2024.