 Burnett was also editor-at-large of Montreal's alternative newsweekly "Hour" for 15 years until the newspaper published its last issue on April 7, 2011.Burnett wrote his "POP TART" blog  for the "Montreal Gazette" from 2011 to 2016, as well as his weekly "Seven Days, Seven Nights" arts column  from 2014 to 2016.Burnett is a frequent contributor to the "Montreal Gazette" and other media outlets, is a pop culture pundit on Montreal's top-rated CJAD 800 AM Radio and is an arts and culture blogger for Tourisme Montréal.