About Fanning Media

Fanning Media is an independent media studio in Los Angeles producing podcasts, news, and digital content for fan communities. Founded in 2026 by Bill Fanning, the studio brings together fan properties he has built and run since 2014.

Our properties

• TrekConvention.com (est. 2014): Star Trek news, convention coverage, and an event photo catalog. 
• TrekHeadlines.com (est. 2017)
• The TrekConvention Podcast (est. 2020)
• TrekHeadlines Five 2 Watch, a weekly podcast (est. 2022)
  
• ShopTrekConvention.com: fan merchandise
  
• Bill Talks Work, a podcast about the changing face of work, the workforce, and the complicated relationship between companies and their employees (in pre-production)

How we work
Fanning Media is a one-person studio that publishes at a team’s pace. That comes from systems, not shortcuts.

• AI-assisted production, with Claude as a daily partner for scripting, research, and data cleanup
  
• A searchable photo catalog built on Google Sheets with a no-code front end, so new images go live with a single row
  
• Coordinated publishing across Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky, reaching 6,500+ followers with campaigns of up to 22 posts per week
  
• Automated content logging with IFTTT and Google Sheets

The tools handle the busywork. The human voice fans come for stays in every piece.

About the founder

Bill Fanning is Founder and Executive Producer. He is a creative operations producer and project manager with over 12 years at Adobe, Walmart, and leading agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, where he built production systems that ship great work on time and at scale. He brings the same discipline to the studio.