Browsing: Creators & Fan Culture

The ARKTIKON contemporary culture festival brought together anime, video game, and manga fans in Norilsk for two days. The expanded format of this edition received a positive assessment from attendees. The event combined activities typical of fan culture, from cosplay to the consumption of Japanese digital leisure, and consolidated a meeting space for the local…

An empty seat sits pushed in while SGA Senators meet at the Bovee University Center on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. It was announced in the meeting Anthony Ashmall resigned, now a former Senator for SGA. (CM-Life | Trevor Sparks)

Kakao Corp. is stepping up efforts to tap the fandom market. It has secured a site and begun raising the structure for a mega-sized concert venue, aiming to get ahead of competitors. Its strategy is to leverage its platform’s membership and booking and payment systems, artificial intelligence (AI), content subsidiaries, user base and technological capabilities…