Anthony Thornton is the digital director of

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*. Prior to that he was the head of digital content at the

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. He has also worked as a

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and

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. He is known for his bestselling book '' The Libertines: Bound Together'' published in 2006. He was IPC Media Southbank Digital Director. From 1998-2003 he successfully edited NME.COM, it became Europe's most visited music news website under his editorship. During this time he twice won the Online Editor Of The Year at the British Society Of Magazine Editors Awards.(2008)
and once by the Periodical Publishers Association. He was born in

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in 1971 and in his career in journalism has worked for The

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and

Q magazine ''Q'' was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series ''The Old Grey Whistle Test''. '' ...

Notes

Sources

* Anthony Thornton (Author), Roger Sargent (Photographer): "The Libertines: Bound Together", Little, Brown Book Group (23 Feb 2006) * https://web.archive.org/web/20080719182238/http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Authors/T/2864 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080830063241/http://www.bsme.com/awards/past.asp?Year=2001 (2008) * https://web.archive.org/web/20081026031554/http://www.ipcmedia.com/press/anthony_thornton_appointed_editor-in-chief_ipc_ignite_digital_press_98014.html

External links

Wallpaper.com

Official website for 'The Libertines: Bound Together' book

BSME website

NME.com

Little Brown Books

Anthony Thornton's literary agent LAW
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