Wikia:Press
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- For Press Inquiries: Trevor Jonas or 415-365-0360.
[edit] Selected Press Releases
- Wikia Continues to Grow, December 2008
- Wikia Unveils WISE Platform, October 2008
- Wikia Rolls Out New Features For Open Source Search Project , June 2008
- Wikia, Jimmy Wales Unveil First Public Alpha Of Open Source Search Project, January 2008
- Wikia Launches Gaming Network with 250,000 Articles, September 2007
- Wikia Acquires Grub, July 2007
- Jeremie Miller Joins Wikia, May 2007
- Wikia opens new "magazine rack" websites, February 2007
- Amazon invests in Wikia, December 2006
- Gil Penchina, VP and General Manager from eBay, to Join Wikia as CEO, June 2006
- Bessemer Venture Partners Funds Jimmy Wales' Startup Wikia, March 2006
- 100 Wikicities, February 2005
[edit] Wikia Community Press Releases
- Wookieepedia Reaches Article Count Milestone, October 2008
- Wikia Green Calls On Supports Of The Green Movement To Build The World's Handbook for Going Green, September 2008
- Solar Cookers From Around The World Build Out Online Information Resource on Cooking the Natural Way--With The Sun, August 2008
- ArmchairGM Offers Football Fans a Special “Sneak Peak” into Super Bowl XLII, January 2008
- Wikia's FFXIclopedia Surpasses 20,000 Articles, December 2007
- Wikia's New Fall TV Season launches, September 2007
- Halopedia Announces Halo 3 Contest, September 2007
- WoWWiki Hits 40,000 Article Milestone, September 2007
- Harry Potter Fans Build Online Information Resource, July 2007
- Babylon 5 Wiki Surpasses 500 Article Mark, July 2007
- Halo Fans Collaborate to Build Halopedia, June 2007
- Fans Invited to Contribute to the John From Cincinnati Wiki, June 2007
- Age of Conan Wiki Joins Wikia, June 2007
- Wookieepedia's second anniversary, March 2007
- SFHomeless Wikia wiki shares online resources, January 2007
- WikiMac, February 2005
Learn more about Community Press Releases.
[edit] Wikia in the News
December 2008
"Fallout 3 Your Ultimate guide to the Wastelands now online" - Video Game Watchdog gives a shout-out to our ultimate guide to the wastelands of Fallout3
October 2008
"Jimmy Wales' Wikia Search Project Launches Apps" - BusinessWeek details the launch of an application framework for Wikia Search
"New Wikia interface enables search-results apps" - CNET discusses the latest news from the Wikia Search project
"Wikia lets companies add their widgets as search results" - VentureBeat covers the latest news from the Wikia Search project
"Wikia Lets Programmers Integrate Content from Twitter, Digg" - eWEEK also covers the new Wikia Search API
"Wikia Launches WISE Search Application Framework to Create Massive Mashups" - CenterNetworks covers the Wikia Search application framework
September 2008
"The TH Interview: Jimmy Wales—Wikifying Green Knowledge (Part One)" - TreeHugger interviews Jimmy about Wikia Green
"Introducing Wikia Green" - Ecofabulous details the goals and objectives of Wikia Green
"Jimmy Wales Comes Clean with Green Wikia" - Earth2Tech details the launch of Wikia Green
"Wikia Goes Green" - EcoLocalizer discusses the launch of Wikia Green
"Jimmy Wales Is Going All Green With Wikia Green" - La Marguerite encourages readers to contribute to the efforts at Wikia Green
June 2008
"Wissen für alle leicht gemacht" - German article about Wikia
"Jimmy Wales: Wikia Search Finally Doesn’t Suck" - TechCrunch examines the latest updates to Wikia's open source search project and concludes that "Wikia Search is beginning to suck a lot less."
"Wikia Search launches the hackable search engine" - CNET's Webware tries out the latest features on Wikia Search and notes it likes "...the idea of an open and transparent search engine."
"Wikia Search opens up to broad participation" - IDG News details the evolution of the Wikia Search project as new features are rolled out.
May 2008
"Lighten up, Indiana Jones is escapism and we love it" - The Post and Courier covers the Indiana Jones Wiki as part of its review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
April 2008
"Real Estate Wikis: A Leg Up in a Difficult Market" - LinuxInsider explores the use of wikis for the world of real estate.
"Wikia Search Launches Major Enhancements to Search Alpha" - CenterNetworks calls the latest search updates "a positive step forward".
"Search Wikia takes a step closer to the promise of ’search meets Wikipedia'" - VentureBeat covers the newest features of Wikia's search engine.
January 2008
"Screw Madden, Let Tecmo Bowl Decide The Super Bowl Winner" - Kotaku covers ArmchairGM's Tecmo Super Bowl preview to Super Bowl XLII.
"Madden, Tecmo Bowl pick Patriots to win Super Bowl" - GamePro reports on ArmchairGM's Tecmo Super Bowl preview to Super Bowl XLII.
"Patriots Win the (Simulated) Super Bowl, Twice" - Yahoo! Tech writes about ArmchairGM's Tecmo Super Bowl preview to Super Bowl XLII.
"Where There's A Wiki, There's A Way" - Forbes.com reports on Wikia Search.
"Wikia Search Eyes Google" - The New York Post reports on Wikia Search.
"Wikia announces open-source search engine" - The San Jose Mercury News reports on Wikia Search.
"Wikia Search Engine Goes Live Today" - IDG News Service reports on Wikia Search.
"Open source search effort starts" - BBC reports on Wikia Search.
"Wikia Wants to Shake Up Search" - BusinessWeek.com reports on Wikia Search.
"Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching" - The New York Times reports on Wikia Search.
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