"Nextbop was founded in 2009 by Sébastien Hélary with the objective of introducing modern jazz music to a younger generation of fans. Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dean-Harris joined the project shortly after bringing with him his experience at Morehouse College’s newspaper The Maroon Tiger. Since its launch, Nextbop has been visited by more than 447,000 unique visitors and has been featured in such media outlets as NPR, The LA Times and The Ottawa Citizen. It counts presently over 6,800 Facebook Fans and over 9,700 Twitter Followers."