I've been tracking press on FanLib since May, 2007. Most of it is mind-numbing market speak at BusinessWire, a website you pay to host your press release in hopes someone will discover it. I ignore these, because how many times do we need to hear about The L-Word fanisode ( Read more... )

A trade website, broadcastnewsroom.com, picked up the press release FanLib issued July 10th (I've been tracking the press release; it bombed).

It's mostly about the new The L Word contest, but Broadcastnewsroom.com put a slightly different spin on it, leading off with Ilene Chaiken of The L WordChaiken says of the contest, "I can't wait to see ( Read more... )

I can't believe I missed this. Pink Dude/Blue Guy are celebrated at a tech web site!

http://valleywag.com/tech/brouhaha/fanlibs-storyline-gets-hijacked-264655.php

Quote: Every so often, as if acting out some formulaic movie plot, a bunch ( Read more... )

Mary McNamara's excellent article on the FanLib debacle has been linked to at slashdot.org, the world's biggest technophile website.

Commenting is lively.

I suspect an awful lot of the negative reaction comes from three factors ( Read more... )

Thanks to google news alerts:

Instead of creating the Myspace of fanfic since the launch two weeks ago, FanLib.com sparked a white-hot Internet firestorm.

Be sure to click the link for more at the bottom. VERY interesting stuff there:

"KEM-owned Entertainment Marketing Partners' heavy-weight Mark Stroman was hired to help Singer and Williams ( Read more... )