Addicted to Noise (ATN) was an American online music magazine in the early days of the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by ex-Rolling Stone associate editor and senior writer Michael Goldberg and online music pioneer Jon Luini, it published its first issue on December 1, 1994[1][2] and was the first online magazine to include audio samples alongside new album reviews. It published its final issue on July 3, 2000.[3][4]
Goldberg enlisted a who's who of music critics to write for ATN including Dave Marsh, Mark Brown, Greil Marcus, Richard Meltzer, Ed Ward, Billy Altman, Deborah Frost, Bud Scoppa, Roy Trakin, Chris Morris, and others. Music and literary stars including Joey Ramone, William Gibson, Was (Not Was) co-leader David Was, Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye, and Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker wrote guest columns or reviews.[6]
In 1997, ATN and SonicNet were both acquired by Paradigm Music Entertainment,[7] which in turn was acquired by TCI Music which was then acquired by Viacom in 1999 and folded into MTV's online operation, MTVi.[8] Goldberg became a Senior Vice-President at SonicNet where he was also Editor in Chief of both SonicNet and Addicted To Noise until June 2000.[9] He went on to found a music and culture blog, Days of the Crazy-Wild and is a columnist for the Australian Addicted to Noise.[10][11] Luini remains in the digital media business, and serves as the president and founder of Chime Interactive, a digital media consulting agency, among other ventures.[12][13] Former Director of Ad Sales, David Hyman, went on to found MOG.[14]
In 2008, MTV started a short-lived online venture using the same domain name.[15]
