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hollywood.com - 3/24/2009

SyFy, Say It's Not So! at Hollywood.com

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EXCLUSIVE TO HOLLYWOOD.COM: Subject: Name Change From Sci Fi Channel to SyFy From: Mitch Rubenstein (who, with Laurie Silvers, founded Sci Fi Channel; together, they now own Hollywood.com) The Early Days — Part 1 Before the Sci Fi Channel launched, Isaac Asimov (a member of the Sci Fi Channel's ...

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io9.com - 3/29/2009

What Would Isaac Asimov Say About Syfy's Name Change? [Syfy]

— io9.com — The president of the newly renamed Syfy Channel took the time, in a conference call, to address... our concerns about the change - and answer the question: what would Asimov think of the new name? One of the channel's founders, Mitch Rubenstein, called ... (more) What Would Isaac Asimov Say About Syfy's Name Change? [Syfy]

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Sci Fi Channel Creator Says Sy Fy Name Change is Dumb
SciFiCool.com | No Anal Probing Involved — ... kind of fun. Anyways, as you may know, the Sci Fi Channel recently announced that it was changing its name from The Sci Fi Channel to The SyFy Channel for business purposes — mostly so it can brand and copyright the name, something it couldn’t do with its original name. One of the channel’s original founders Mitchell Rubenstein (who co-founded the channel in the early ’90s with Laurie Silvers) has spoken out, and he doesn’t sound too happy about the name change. From Rubenstein at Hollywood.com ( ...

What Would Isaac Asimov Say About Syfy's Name Change? [Syfy]
io9 — ... One of the channel's founders, Mitch Rubenstein, called the name change "just plain dumb" in a letter to hollywood.com. Rubenstein recounted how he, Laurie Silvers and Isaac Asimov strove to convince fans to accept the ...

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SF Signal — ... The SyFy 'love fest' continues as Mitch Rubenstein, one of the original founders of the channel, says the new name is 'dumb'.Okay, so he thinks Isaac Asimov would think so (read the story for background), but quite clearly he thinks so too, as do all right thinking people. Sadly, Dave Howe (big cheese at SyFy) says ...

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TrekMovie.com — ... hero "The Phantom" and will be developing an adaptation of the "Riverworld" fantasy books by Philip Jose Farmer. All three projects will be four-hour movies from RHI Entertainment."Alice in Wonderland" is scheduled to premiere in the winter, while both "Riverworld" and "The Phantom" will be released sometime next year. In other SCI FI news, that name change is still generating a bit of negative press. One of the channel’s original founders, Mitch Rubenstein, wrote a letter to Hollywood.com , recounting how he and others, including Isaac Asimov, found it difficult to ...