Everybody knows about Kickstarter, which is considered to be world’s most popular crowdfunding platform; however, Kickstarter is only one of an estimated number of over 1,000 platforms worldwide. Patryk Galuszka and Blanka Brzozowska look at MegaTotal, a music-oriented platform implementing a significantly different model than Kickstarter.
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Tags: Crowdfunding, entrepreneurialism, fandom, IJCS, International Journal of C, Kickstarter, MegaTotal, music
Posted in Columns, International Journal of Cultural Studies | Comments Off on Crowdfunding: Looking Beyond Kickstarter
When fans are asked to crowdfund the marketing of a film that will exist without their support, the meanings of Kickstarter shift considerably.
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Tags: Canadian TV, Corner Gas, Corner Gas The Movie, Crowdfunding, fandom, Kickstarter, television
Posted in Industry, TV | 3 Comments »
By leveraging Kickstarter as a safe space for masculinized fandom, Blue Mountain State has the potential to live on despite lacking its progenitor's coverage, prestige, and formalized fan engagement.
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Tags: Blue Mountain State, Blue Mountain State Movie, Crowdfunding, Fan Engagement, fandom, Kickstarter
Posted in Industry, TV | Comments Off on Bro-Friendly Fandom: The Blue Mountain State Kickstarter
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Aereo, Amazon, Cinedigm, Dolby Atmos, Dreamworks, Fullscreen, Goodreads, HBO, Hulu, Kickstarter, News Corp., Playboy
Posted in Current Events, What Are You Missing? | 6 Comments »
The idea of user-supported media production extends beyond Kickstarter, as technology continues to offer more areas for direct audience support and participation.
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Tags: buskfilms, cultcap, digital distribution, film industry, independent film, industry, Kickstarter, LGBT film, music industry, production
Posted in Industry | Comments Off on The Future of Media Production?
Why kickstarting Veronica Mars was not simply a procedural act, but rather a social experience awakening, mobilizing and monetizing fan cultures in real time.
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Tags: Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Movie, TV, Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars Movie
Posted in Current Events, Film, Industry, TV | 4 Comments »
Ten media news items that you might have missed recently.
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Tags: A&E, ABC, Academy Awards, Billboard, Cablevision, CBS, copyright, DirecTV, Dish Network, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, independent film, Kickstarter, music, piracy, PlayStation, Sony, television, Time Warner Cable, Viacom, visual effects, YouTube
Posted in What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Feb 17-March 2
![On Radio: Up From the Boneyard: Local Media, Its Digital Death and Rebirth [Part 1]](http://www.charlesparr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bby-image.jpg)
Is there any such thing as local digital media? Looking at the case of local podcasts, Tim Anderson argues that people indeed do, and always have, inscribed the local in their digital media creations.
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Tags: Arbitron, Bob Frantz, bob's boneyard, hampton roads, internet, Kickstarter, local media, local radio, new media, podcast, podcasting, radio, Star Trek, The Mike and Bob Show, virginia beach, YouTube
Posted in Columns, On Radio | Comments Off on On Radio: Up From the Boneyard: Local Media, Its Digital Death and Rebirth [Part 1]
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, books, box office, censorship, digital music, Disney, distribution, DVD, Facebook, gaming, Google, Hollywood, internet, Kickstarter, Liosgate, MGM, Netflix, piracy, television, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: digital music, downfall meme, DVDs, Facebook, independent film, Kickstarter, News for TV Majors, Paramount, piracy, Pirate Bay, Roger Ebert, Spotify, Twitter, video games, YouTube
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Film, Games, Internet, Music, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 11-24
