When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Fan Service is a column by pop culture and fandom writer Stitch that looks at the highs and lows of fandom, and unpacks how what we do online, and for fun, connects back to the way we think about the ...

Fandom is incredibly queer. Its origins as a space for LGBTQ+ people are well-documented, and we see that today, too. Fandom is often an online-offline queer community, supporting fans who may or may ...

“Fandom”—the participatory community that grows out of a piece of media—has come to dominate pop culture. Fandom is not simply being a fan of something. Fandom is performing being a fan by creating ...

Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media landscape is getting weird — but Perkins thinks Fandom is poised to survive and thrive. Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

If you’re someone who is deeply devoted fan (of anything, really), fandom may make up a significant part of your mental, emotional, and social life. If you’ve ever emerged from a six-hour long fanfic ...

An article a few weeks ago in Salon was ominously titled “Let’s all stop ignoring The Fandom Menace. It’s real, and it’s winning.” The article contends that toxic factions have become a built-in ...

Perkins Miller oversaw Fandom’s layoff-filled acquisitions of TV Guide, Metacritic, GameSpot, and Giant Bomb. Perkins Miller oversaw Fandom’s layoff-filled acquisitions of TV Guide, Metacritic, ...

Entertainment platform Fandom announced today its acquisition of seven entertainment and gaming brands from media company Red Ventures, including online publications Comic Vine, Cord Cutters News, ...

Red Ventures had acquired the brands from ViacomCBS in 2020. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor The fan engagement platform Fandom has acquired a number of entertainment and gaming brands from Red Ventures ...