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GillianSeed79

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Oct 27, 2017
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I did a search, and I couldn't find anything posted about this. Please lock if old. Kahlief Adams can't get enough love and respect. To be honest, I'm not too familiar with Fanbyte, but Spawn on Me is a fantastic podcast and fans of Waypoint should remember Danielle Riendeau. I'm interested to check out some of their podcasts. It looks like they have a bunch of stuff ranging from video game and RPG podcasts to sports/wrestling podcasts and movie podcasts, etc. Here's the announcement:

Spawn On Me with Kahlief Adams and Fanbyte Are Joining Forces

Spawn On Me with Kahlief Adams, the definitive video game podcast featuring and spotlighting gamers of color, has joined Fanbyte Media in a multiyear partnership. The partnership will allow Spawn On Me the support it needs to reach the next level while providing Fanbyte with its first external podcast to join its growing network.


Fanbyte Media is home to some of the web's most engaged and passionate audiences with websites like Wowhead, serving the world's largest MMO community, and Fanbyte.com, the company's central hub for games, culture, and conversation. With its proprietary ad technology, ZAF, Fanbyte Media has optimized its own sites and works with web partners to do the same for their properties.


Head of Fanbyte Media John Warren elaborates on what makes the venture into podcasting so important to the brand. "We love our websites. I want to take the amazing content we're making there and put it everywhere. For us that starts with podcasting."


"We started the Fanbyte Podcast Network a year ago and it's surpassed our expectations especially after industry veteran Danielle Riendeau joined us as Editor-in-Chief of Fanbyte.com," Warren explains. "Working with Kahlief and Spawn On Me," Warren continued, "was the first big shot we've taken to expand the network externally. I couldn't be happier that he's partnering with us."


Riendeau herself adds, "I couldn't be more thrilled to have Kahlief and Spawn On Me join us. I've long been in awe of Kahlief, his energy, and his ability to bring positivity to the discourse. At the same time, I admire his ability to treat difficult and essential subjects with respect, honesty, and humanity. I can't wait to collaborate with him and have him here on our network!"


For Kahlief Adams, it's about the support needed to realize his wildest dreams for Spawn On Me. Adams says, "When Fanbyte approached me about being the first external show brought into their network, I was amazingly excited. Knowing the pedigree of both John and Danielle's work made me know that joining forces would be a no-brainer."


"I know that I'll have the backing of a huge network that can enable me to grow Spawn On Me in new and exciting ways and they get what I believe is one of the best podcasts on the planet talking about video games through an unfiltered prism of Blackness. I'm infinitely excited at how we can break new ground in the podcasting space and doing that work with people I respect is icing on the cake."
 

AlanOC91

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Nov 5, 2017
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I was partnered with Fanbyte for a little over a year and a half for my website. They served us ads.

Some lovely people but horrible infrastructure (terrible ad revenue dashboard) and they messed up the finances multiple times which is a MASSIVE no-no. They left me short ~€500 for one paycheck and John Warren himself emailed me to apologise and said he'd handle the finances for the rest my time with them.

I also got a bizzare email 2 months into them from Ventus Media claiming they used to work for Fanbyte and basically bad mouthed them and asked me to join them instead (we didn't).

Overall, I had a really strange time with them. They did have some very nice people on the team though, sadly some no longer on the team.

Fanbyte felt relatively new as a startup tbh which could explain the issues I had. I didn't know they had a podcast network (maybe it's new?). I wish them all the best going forward. They really seemed to want to grow and expand.

EDIT: The podcast network is new, as says the article. Really hope it works out for them. If anyone is thinking of joining them and has questions, I'd be happy to answer to the best of my ability.