Fake Buzz, Real Money

from the sleazy-movie-studios dept

Ever since the Blair Witch Project was a huge success due in large part to web hype, movie studios have been paying people to create fake fan sites for movies. They purposely make them bad, and there’s no way to tell which ones are from real fans, and which ones are studio run. The studios don’t have to admit to anything (and usually won’t).


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