Free Ride

Robert Levine was the executive editor of Billboard and has written for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and the arts and business sections of the New York Times. Before that, he was a features editor at New York magazine and Wired. He holds a B.A. in politics from Brandeis and an M.S.J.from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He now covers the culture business from New York and Berlin. Free Ride is his first book.

"Meticulously researched book...Levine's solutions are sensible...it's a vital discussion we need to be having" -- Davin O'Dwyer Irish Times "Levine is an engaging, provocative writer, and there is much to like about Free Ride...an entertaining read, with an entertaining cast" Observer "A book that should change the debate about the future of culture" New York Times Book Review "Brilliant... A crashcourse in the existential problems facing the media" The Times "Important" -- Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times