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Fandom (website)

Fandom (formerly known as Wikicities and Wikia) is a media conglomerate backed by TPG, a private equity firm. The website offers a platform for hosting wiki pages with social media features on various topics such as video games, movies, books, and TV series. The company also owns several entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, multimedia…

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Founded
October 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18)
Founders
Jimmy Wales · Angela Beesley Starling
Owner
TPG Inc. (2018–present)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Advertising
Direct and advertising networks
Available in
Multilingual

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Fandom, Inc.

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Fandom (website)

Nodes193
Edges192
Triples88
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010363
Components1

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Fandom (website)

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Subsidiaries · 7
Fandom (website) → Comic Vine, Focus Multimedia, GameFAQs, GameSpot, Metacritic, Screen Junkies, TV Guide
Products · 4
Fandom (website) → marketing research, news, online advertising, Wiki hosting
Formerly · 3
Fandom (website) → FANDOM (2017–2021)[b], Wikia (2006–2016)[a], Wikicities (2004–2007)
Type of site · 3
Fandom (website) → Internet forum, news, Wiki hosting service
Founders · 2
Fandom (website) → Angela Beesley Starling, Jimmy Wales
Key people · 2
Fandom (website) → Jay Sullivan (CEO), Jimmy Wales (president)
Launched · 2
Fandom (website) → January 25, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-01-25) (Fandom News and Stories), October 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18) (wiki hosting service; as Wikicities)
Written in · 2
Fandom (website) → JavaScript, PHP
Advertising · 1
Fandom (website) → Direct and advertising networks
Available in · 1
Fandom (website) → Multilingual

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fandom wikis wiki wikia content company also media new wikipedia several well fandom's site editorial inc website users advertising team

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fandom (website)AdvertisingDirect and advertising networks1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Available inMultilingual1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Content licenseCC Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0 Unported[c]1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Current statusActive1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FormerlyWikicities (2004–2007)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FormerlyWikia (2006–2016)[a]1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FormerlyFANDOM (2017–2021)[b]1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FoundedOctober 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FoundersJimmy Wales1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FoundersAngela Beesley Starling1.00infobox
Fandom (website)HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Key peopleJay Sullivan (CEO)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Key peopleJimmy Wales (president)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)LaunchedOctober 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18) (wiki hosting service; as Wikicities)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)LaunchedJanuary 25, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-01-25) (Fandom News and Stories)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)OwnerTPG Inc. (2018–present)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)ProductsWiki hosting1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Productsnews1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Productsmarketing research1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Productsonline advertising1.00infobox
Fandom (website)RegistrationOptional1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesComic Vine1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesFocus Multimedia1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesGameFAQs1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesGameSpot1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesMetacritic1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesScreen Junkies1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesTV Guide1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Type of businessPrivate1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Type of siteWiki hosting service1.00infobox

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