Open Road Integrated Media has launched a website called The Portalist. This online destination will feature content and news on science fiction, fantasy, and pop culture.
The company has hired Carolyn Cox to serve as the senior editor of this new site. Some of the pieces that have been posted include “8 YA Fantasy Novels to Look Out For This Fall,” “10 Best Dragon Books in Fantasy Fiction,” and “13 Science Fiction Books That Will Tickle Your Funny Bone.”
Here’s more from the press release: “The Portalist will cover science fiction and fantasy as it exists across all mediums of entertainment and culture—from film and TV to video games, books, and comics, both past and present—but with the added focus on making the fan experience a positive one…Open Road developed The Portalist after seeing extraordinary success with The Lineup, another content vertical focused on true crime, horror, and the bizarre. Launched in November of 2015, The Lineup now boasts more than 2 million unique users a month, with 130,000 newsletter subscribers and 260,000 Facebook fans.”