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studio-financials [2017/10/27 13:05] – [Saving the Studio] Carlos Pedrazastudio-financials [2018/10/23 15:44] (current) – [The Other First Fan-Funded Studio] Carlos Pedraza
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 ====== Thin Financial Report and a New Crowdfund Campaign ====== ====== Thin Financial Report and a New Crowdfund Campaign ======
  
-//**Is Studio Fundraising Campaign an End Run Around Settlement Crowdfunding Prohibition?**//+//**Ten Months Later, So-Called Independent Report Mysteriously Disappears From Axanar Website**//
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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> On January 24, 2018, Axanar's Donor Memo and Financial Report was discovered to have been [[http://www.axanarproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Axanar-Donor-Memo-08-Mar-17.pdf|removed]] from the Axanar website. Fortunately, the document is archived elsewhere. [[https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/57338222/lay-in-a-course-for-the-future|Read here »]]</wrap>
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 Axanar has released its long-promised financial review, part of a package of news for its donors, including some of its future plans post-lawsuit and a new crowdfunding campaign to pay for the rent of the studio it built with donations meant to produce a film. Axanar has released its long-promised financial review, part of a package of news for its donors, including some of its future plans post-lawsuit and a new crowdfunding campaign to pay for the rent of the studio it built with donations meant to produce a film.
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 +<wrap lo>**COMIC BOOK** AxaMonitor has published a digital comic book, "[[think_children|Think of the Children]]," that offers a lighthearted, easy-to-understand explanation of Axanar's finances.</wrap>
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 In a seven-page memorandum emailed to his donors on March 8, 2017, Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] laid out his plans for: In a seven-page memorandum emailed to his donors on March 8, 2017, Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] laid out his plans for:
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-Peters [[summary_fact_check|announced]] the review in November 2015 following a court filing by the plaintiffs, [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], in their year-long [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] against Peters and Axanar that eventually [[axanar_settles|settled]] out of court in January.+Peters [[summary_fact_check|announced]] the review in November 2016 following a court filing by the plaintiffs, [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], in their year-long [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] against Peters and Axanar that eventually [[axanar_settles|settled]] out of court in January 2017.
  
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 Peters failed to reply by the time this article was posted. He had previously boasted about his soundstage's capabilities compared to studio spaces in the Los Angeles area, stating Industry Studios would be able to command rental rates of $3,000-$5,000 a day. He neglected to mention his competitors offer soundproofed facilities.(([[http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/02/19/correction-it-was-not-cheaper-as-far-as-i-can-tell-for-axanar-productions-to-build-a-studio-than-to-rent-one/|"Correction: It was not cheaper (as far as I can tell) for Axanar Productions to build a studio than to rent one," Jonathan Lane, Fan Film Factor blog]], 2/19/17.)) Peters failed to reply by the time this article was posted. He had previously boasted about his soundstage's capabilities compared to studio spaces in the Los Angeles area, stating Industry Studios would be able to command rental rates of $3,000-$5,000 a day. He neglected to mention his competitors offer soundproofed facilities.(([[http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/02/19/correction-it-was-not-cheaper-as-far-as-i-can-tell-for-axanar-productions-to-build-a-studio-than-to-rent-one/|"Correction: It was not cheaper (as far as I can tell) for Axanar Productions to build a studio than to rent one," Jonathan Lane, Fan Film Factor blog]], 2/19/17.))
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 //**__<wrap lo>Peters’ proclamation of a lofty new mission for Axanar actually is not the first fan-funded studio. That claim belongs to Legion M, established in 2016.</wrap>__**// <wrap indent>— //‘First Fan-Funded Studio’//</wrap> //**__<wrap lo>Peters’ proclamation of a lofty new mission for Axanar actually is not the first fan-funded studio. That claim belongs to Legion M, established in 2016.</wrap>__**// <wrap indent>— //‘First Fan-Funded Studio’//</wrap>
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-**Keywords** {{tag>Axanar Nonprofit Crowdfunding}}+<wrap right>**Keywords** {{tag>Axanar Nonprofit Crowdfunding Financials Fact_check}}</wrap>