Community Central:Press


 * For Press Inquiries: [mailto:trevor.jonas@bitepr.com Trevor Jonas] or 415-365-0360.

Selected Press Releases

 * 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

Wikia Community Press Releases

 * 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

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Wikia in the News
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.

December 2007

"Wikia search to launch Jan. 7" - IDG News Service reports on Wikia Search.

November 2007

"The GigaOm Show" - Om Malik and Joyce Kim interview Wikia founder Jimmy Wales.

"Wikia's ArmchairGM" - WebProNews profiles ArmchairGM.

October 2007

"Searching Beyond Google" - Time Magazine Online reports on the world of Internet search and mentions Wikia's community search engine project.

September 2007

"ArmchairGM Adds Social Networking Features to the Sports Wiki" - CenterNetworks reports on ArmchairGM's new features.

"Wikia Gaming Launches With 250,000 Articles" - TechCrunch reports on the launch of the Wikia Gaming Network.

August 2007

"Wiki CEO talks about lunacy and lack of profits" - IDG News Service profiles Wikia CEO Gil Penchina.

July 2007

"Wikipedia founder plans open-source search engine" - The San Jose Mercury News reports on Wikia's acquisition of the search technology known as Grub.

"Wikia details plans for search rival to Google" - Reuters covers the next big step for Wikia's human powered search engine, Search Wikia.

June 2007

"Wikia Gets New Look and New Features" - Mashable reports on Wikia's new site design and features.

"Webware 100 2007 Winners" - Wikia is named one of the top 100 Webware sites for 2007.

"Games Get Wikia With It" - The popular gaming blog, Kotaku, reports on the growth of gaming communities on Wikia.

April 2007

"A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs" - The New York Times reports on the Blogger's Code of Conduct at Wikia.

March 2007

"San Mateo 2.0: Startups find San Mateo a friendly place to do business". The San Mateo Daily Journal explains why San Mateo is "just the best place to start companies like Wikia!"

January 2007

"Something Wiki Is Coming to the Web Search Market" - The New York Times reports on Search Wikia

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