"After leaving StubHub to join Fandom in 2019, Miller oversaw the company's $50 million acquisition of a number of entertainment content platforms from Red Ventures including TV Guide, Metacritic, GameSpot, and Giant Bomb. At the time, Miller said that the deal was meant to "expand our business capabilities and provide immersive content for our partners, advertisers and fans." The deal also led to multiple rounds of layoffs for the editorial staff at some of Fandom's newly-acquired properties."
"While Fandom's IP-specific wikis are popular, they have become widely known for being difficult to navigate due to a preponderance of aggressive ads that often make pages unstable to the point of being nearly unusable. When asked about Fandom's user experience during a Decoder episode back in 2023, Miller said that he thought "we're doing our best to make it as elegant as we can, and yet, we need to drive the economics.""
Perkins Miller left Fandom after six years as CEO and the company is currently overseen by interim leadership with no new CEO announced. Miller joined Fandom from StubHub in 2019 and led a $50 million acquisition of entertainment properties from Red Ventures, including TV Guide, Metacritic, GameSpot, and Giant Bomb. The acquisitions aimed to expand business capabilities and provide immersive content for partners, advertisers, and fans, but resulted in multiple rounds of editorial layoffs tied to corporate restructuring and missed revenue targets. Fandom's IP-specific wikis remain popular but suffer from aggressive ads that often make pages nearly unusable. Miller has signed on as CEO of PlayOn! Sports Network.
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