Press Coverage
Fever Zine has newspaper, magazine and online coverage, most of which concentrates on the publication's content and especially on its use of social networking.
In an article published on the Media section of The Guardian website on January 7, 2008, journalist Jemima Kiss detailed a report highlighting individuals and entities in the creative industries with strong followings on MySpace, singling out Fever Zine for its unique use of social networking;
"The underground, hand-photocopied magazine Fever Zine coordinates contributors and subscribers through its MySpace page.
Fever Zine has 5,000 friends and a cult following; editor Alex Zamora said MySpace was essential to help find the new talent that he wants to feature in the lo-fi publication."
March 2008 saw the zine further championed by leading German culture and arts magazine Lodown in their 60th issue. Picked as the only British publication in their print review section, Fever Zine was lauded as offering up "healthy brainfood" for its readers.
An online interview with Zamora for Swindle Magazine by editor Anne Keehn posted on March 19, 2007 revealed MySpace's "seminal" role in the zine's success:
"The Internet, and MySpace in particular, played a seminal role, allowing us to disseminate images, stockist information and of course sell the zine online. Quite simply without it there’d be no Fever Zine."
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