• Flying Squid
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    710 months ago

    They usually followed an entertainment beat in general. Following a single celebrity is not something a mainstream news outlet generally does. There could be a Beyonce reporter too for the same reasoning. There isn’t. There shouldn’t be.

    • @YoBuckStopsHereOP
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      210 months ago

      Bowie, Kiss, Bon Jovi, and The Beatles all had dedicated reporters.

      • Flying Squid
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        310 months ago

        Which national newspaper hired dedicated reporters for them?

        • @YoBuckStopsHereOP
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          410 months ago

          Derek Taylor covered The Beatles forever at the Daily Express.

          David Thomas followed David Bowie in the 80s for The Atlantic

          Jeremy Peters followed Bon Jovi from the 90s and early 2000s for the New York Times.