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Title: Anthrocon Media Coverage 2013
Post by: Conan on July 04, 2013, 12:03:34 am
Dust off your puns and Martinize Kage's lab coat because it's time for Anthrocon Media Coverage Roundup 2013, presented by VivCorp!

Local Television Coverage:
WTAE put way more effort than they should into their coverage, including a live report and a special graphic for the occasion. They even assembled a special webpage to display submitted photos.
WTAE Evening Liveshot (http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/dont-be-scared-its-only-the-furries/-/10927008/20824222/-/rts8kn/-/index.html)
WTAE Weather Forecast (http://www.wtae.com/weather/Weather-Watch-4-4th-of-July-Forecast/-/9682608/20832112/-/8ti4tb/-/index.html) with a brief mention of furries at the start.
WTAE 10PM Package (http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/the-furries-are-returning-to-pittsburgh/-/10927008/7710362/-/h0sxan/-/index.html)
WTAE Web-only segment (http://www.wtae.com/news/behind-the-scenes-the-furries-back-in-pittsburgh/-/9681432/20820518/-/s0yd03/-/index.html)
WTAE special website (http://www.wtae.com/furries2013)
WTAE Fursuit Parade Package (http://www.wtae.com/news/entertainment/furry-parade-2013/-/9680792/20864424/-/ih06yj/-/index.html)
WTAE Fursuit Parade Photos (http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/-/10927008/20863166/-/ih8a7xz/-/index.html)

KDKA sent their Old Reporter to make bad puns and jokes.
KDKA Package (http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/07/03/furries-return-to-pittsburgh-going-for-world-record/)
KDKA returned on Friday for a much more creative report, with help from BigBlueFox
KDKA Friday Report (http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/07/05/furries-fill-downtown-for-8th-year/)

The other TV news operation in town, WPXI, seems to have forgotten that the convention is going on and has not posted anything yet. WPXI finally got an intern to go take a bunch of pictures (http://www.wpxi.com/gallery/entertainment/anthrocon/gCBrY/).

Radio/Web:
WESA 90.5FM (NPR) (http://wesa.fm/post/world-s-largest-cartoon-animal-convention-returns-pittsburgh)

Newspaper:
The Post-Gazette farted out a few lines about the convention. (http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/guess-whos-back-in-town-the-furries-693977/)
Post-Gazette Fursuit Parade coverage (http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/furries-seek-world-record-for-largest-parade-in-fur-suits-694511/)

Blogs:
ChicagoNow (http://www.chicagonow.com/listing-toward-forty/2013/07/anthrocon-furry-furries-pittsburgh/)
TheBurghBaby (http://www.theburghbaby.com/burghbaby/anthrocon-significantly-less-odd-than-the-taylor-swift-conce.html)
TheBurghBaby 2 (http://www.theburghbaby.com/burghbaby/anthrocon-again.html)

More to come as I find them
Title: Re: Anthrocon Media Coverage 2013
Post by: greaseyote on July 07, 2013, 07:46:25 pm
Pittsburg must be a really boring city with nothing else to talk about because I've never seen that much media coverage at any cons I've been to (which does not include Anthrocon).
Title: Re: Anthrocon Media Coverage 2013
Post by: vigilante777 on July 10, 2013, 03:19:00 pm
Quote from: greaseyote on July 07, 2013, 07:46:25 pm
Pittsburg must be a really boring city with nothing else to talk about because I've never seen that much media coverage at any cons I've been to (which does not include Anthrocon).

Eh it's cucumber time, so the news outlets need something to cover.
Title: Re: Anthrocon Media Coverage 2013
Post by: QuantumCoyote on July 16, 2013, 02:03:59 pm
"it's cucumber time"

<upper-crust new-england accent>
And here I just thought you were just happy to see me.