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OTW Fannews: Spreading Around Fanworks
Language English Public radio station WBEZ announced they would be producing fan-written minisodes of its historical drama podcast PleasureTown. "In minisode 1, we meet Esther, the town seamstress, who...
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OTW Fannews: Commercial Weirdness
Language English A post at Wired featured images from a new book on science fiction zines of the 1940s through 1960s. "Despite being produced with a limited tool set, and existing in a vastly different...
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OTW Fannews: Shark & Ranger Takedowns
Language English Bloomberg BNA was one of many sites to write about a dispute over a Power Rangers fan film created by professional director Joseph Kahn. It was taken down from Vimeo in response to a...
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OTW Fannews: It's Your Fault
Language English A post at GQ focused on a documentary about the making of a fan film tribute to another film and decided that fanworks have become too common for notice."[T]he genre's been so co-opted...
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OTW Fannews: For the Benjamins
Language English PC Gamer discussed a Half-Life fan's job offer after releasing a popular mod."Transmissions: Element 120 is a "short single-player" Half-life 2 mod that equips players with a new kind...
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OTW Fannews: Giving Some Credit
Language English A post at Polygon disagreed with fans' protests about game mods being sold on Steam. "Over and over, it’s been shown that when great content is rewarded with cash, better content flows...
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OTW Fannews: Securing a Place
Language English Rocket News 24 posted about a fan anime film launched after a year of work. "YouTube user azuresakuga is a non-Japanese otaku with a passion for animating. He’s spent the last year...
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OTW Guest Post: Donna Davies
Language English From time to time, the OTW will be hosting guest posts on our OTW News accounts. These guests will be providing an outside perspective on the OTW or aspects of fandom where our...
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OTW Fannews: Fandom Effects
Language English Film School Rejects hosted an article discussing how fandom is affecting movie media sites. "The upsides to all of this are obvious if you’re the kind of fan who loves scoops,...
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OTW Fannews: Big Business Selfies
Language English Here and Now did a segment on how important the Twilight film had become to the economy of the town it's set in. Focusing on the 10th anniversary celebration of Twilight's publication,...
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OTW Fannews: Costs and Benefits
Language English Fan creators continue being confused about the legality of their work and clearly many don't know where to turn for answers. Luckily OTW's legal team keeps trying to get the word out....
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OTW Fannews: No Place to Hide
Language English AdNews discussed the use of YouTube fandoms as a marketing bonanza. "The quality of talent on display, and the reaction of fans got the point across about the premium content YouTube...
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OTW Fannews: Fandom in Motion
Language English MoviePilot.com looked at how the rapid appearance of Linkle fan art made a statement about her acceptance within the fandom. "When Linkle was first announced as a new character for the...
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OTW Fannews: Paying Tribute
Language English Canada's National Post reported on the 141st birthday of Lucy Maud Montgomery by citing not only the various incarnations and tributes to Anne of Green Gables but also its fanfiction....
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The OTW Supports Fan Film Makers
Language English In late December, 2015, Paramount and CBS sued the makers of Axanar, a Star Trek fan film that is intended to be professional quality and has been funded in significant part by...
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