FanRoom LIVE Reaches Show Milestone Garnering between 6 Million and 9 Million Views per Show as It Begins Its Star-Studded 2025 Season
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FanRoom LIVE is an interactive virtual event series online, where Fans get to meet their favorite actors, comedians, athletes, musicians and more- in a group town hall style meet and greet with Q&As. FanRoom LIVE brings something special and unique to the online world for Fans worldwide! The show was created and is Executive Produced by Cedric The Entertainer, Jeff Krauss, Jae Benjamin, Mich Faulkner and Stacey Toy. FanRoom LIVE gets between 6M - 9M views per episode on the 'iTube' platform and has close to 100M streams globally to date. This a fun and phenomenal experience for all and the exposure is fantastic! We have been covered and continue to get coverage in: FORBES, GQ MAGAZINE, USA TODAY, YAHOO! ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE SIX, NY DAILY NEWS, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, DAILY MAIL, US WEEKLY, and many other outlets to say the least.
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