Fame House

Fame House is a Philadelphia-based marketing agency that specializes in building, marketing, managing, and monetizing its clients' online presence.[1] Founded by Michael Fiebach in 2011 following years working for DJ Shadow,[2] the company was acquired by SFX Entertainment in 2013,[3][4] and is the first company to monetize music through BitTorrent[5][6][7] (as a result of which, Music Ally named it one of the Top 40 Music Industry Disruptors for 2013).[8] In 2015, Philadelphia (magazine) named Fame House one of Philly's 20 Coolest Companies.[9]

Fame House began with clients such as DJ Shadow, Josh Wink, and Pretty Lights, and has since expanded to represent artists such as Eminem, Amanda Palmer, and Tiesto.[10]

Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg, refers to Fame House as a "nimble, cutting-edge company to support our online marketing, social media, and merchandising endeavors."[11]

Eric Hahn, the CMO of Fame House, was named as Drexel University's Young Alumni Entrepreneur Award in 2015 for his work with Fame House.[12]

In 2016, Fame House was chosen as a Philadelphia Future 50 company by SmartCEO Magazine. These awards are given to the fastest-growing mid-sized companies in the region.[13]

Partial list of clients

References

  1. ↑ DiStefano, Joseph (2013-12-17). "PhillyDeals: Society Hill firm markets merchandise for major artists". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  2. ↑ Hathaway, Jay (2012-07-26). "DJ Shadow and BitTorrent release "first-ever monetized torrent"". The Daily Dot.
  3. ↑ Peoples, Glenn. "SFX Beefing Up Digital Capabilities, Plans to Buy Tunezy, Fame House and Arc90". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies Of 2015 In Music". Fast Company.
  5. ↑ Warren, Bruce. "Philly digital tech company Fame House and DJ Shadow launch first-of-its-kind BitTorrent revenue campaign". The Key. WXPN.
  6. ↑ Fiebach, Michael. "An In-Depth Case Study On The Pretty Lights + BitTorrent Partnership". Hypebot.
  7. ↑ Owens, Simon (2013-02-11). "BitTorrent Courts the Entertainment Industry".
  8. ↑ "DISRUPTORS: 40 THINGS CHANGING MUSIC FOREVER" (PDF). Music Ally (317): 5. 2013-04-17.
  9. ↑ Shelly, Jared (2015-10-25). "Philly's Coolest Companies 2015". Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. ↑ DiStefano, Joseph. "SFX Entertainment buys Philly's Fame House". philly.com.
  11. ↑ DiStefano, Joseph (2013-12-17). "PhillyDeals: Society Hill firm markets merchandise for major artists". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  12. ↑ "ALUM IN THE HOUSE OF FAME". drexel.edu.
  13. ↑ "2015 Philadelphia Future 50". SmartCEO. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  14. ↑ http://drexel.edu/westphal/news/archive/2015/2015-05-07-2-Fame-House/. Retrieved 14 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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