New FANDOM app empowers fans to follow their favorite fandoms
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- FANDOM -- a leading global entertainment media brand powered by fan passion – today unveiled a flagship app that allows fans to easily and quickly keep their finger on the pulse of entertainment and their favorite fandoms. In time for New York Comic-Con, fall TV and the holiday movie season, the FANDOM app is tailored to individuals' curiosities and synthesizes the most interesting and authoritative entertainment news, stories and social conversations into one central place. The FANDOM app is available now for iOS and Android devices.
"There's always something happening in the world of entertainment and no one fan is the same," said FANDOM President and CEO Craig Palmer. "The FANDOM app is unlike anything on the market and it cuts through the clutter to deliver each fan the personalized content experience they deserve and have been craving. Whether someone is interested in all things entertainment or just wants to know about the latest TV hit, the FANDOM app has every fan covered."
The FANDOM app features entertainment topics covering a vast array of TV, movie and video games, with content inclusive of news, features, reviews, videos and social posts. All content is hand-selected by FANDOM to ensure top quality and relevancy and is a combination of FANDOM-original pieces and programs, as well as premium content from around the web. Fans are able to select as many topics to follow as they'd like and have the ability to receive real-time news notifications about their fandoms and share content with friends. The app launches with more than 50 dedicated topics, with new topics added regularly based on pop culture trends, launches, events and popular emerging entertainment properties. There are future plans to expand the app's functionality and integration with FANDOM communities and Discussions.
The FANDOM app is the latest milestone in the company's commitment to making fans better fans. Recently, the brand launched a stream and feed-based user experience on its site to best provide fans with comprehensive and compelling entertainment content. FANDOM also continues to grow its content offerings through the recent appointments of VP of Video Strategy and Operations Neha Tiwari, Senior Games Editor Alexa Ray Corriea, and Managing Editor of Australia, Jeremy 'Junglist' Ray. With the addition of Ray to FANDOM's international team, FANDOM now facilitates a 24-hour news cycle, ensuring fans around the world get the best, up-to-the-minute news and information.
To download the FANDOM app and for additional details, visit www.fandom.com/apple and www.fandom.com/android.
For more information about FANDOM, check out: www.fandom.com and @getfandom.
About FANDOM:
FANDOM is a global entertainment media brand powered by fan passion. Driven by a mission to make fans better fans, FANDOM is a home to explore, contribute to and celebrate the world of pop culture through comprehensive fan-expert knowledge, news and feature-based multi-platform content, and discussion. FANDOM has the largest concentration of Millennials (13-34) in the comScore Top 100 and reaches 75 percent of teens in the U.S. (comScore 2017).
FANDOM is available at www.fandom.com and at fans' fingertips through a personalized FANDOM app on iOS and Android. FANDOM has a global audience of over 180 million monthly uniques (Quantcast 2017) and represents more than 385,000 communities. It currently features more than 50 million pages of content, inclusive of video.
FANDOM operates internationally with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Sydney, Germany, Singapore and Poland.
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