‘Syfy’ Reflects 21st Century Fandom, Howe Says
The name “Syfy” may not exactly be one of the newest words to hit the English language (and certainly not in the Polish language, where it has some other not-so-nice translations), but it does represent what NBC Universal believes is the future of science-fiction fandom. After all the interviews SciFi Channel president Dave Howe did over the past couple weeks, he was finally able to spend some one-on-one time with me, who many (including myself) credit for actually creating the “Syfy” moniker, in a conversation that was both refreshing, enlightening, and really made an impression on me. Seriously. I know that some expected a conversation between myself and Dave Howe would come off like Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, but it wasn’t that at all. Mr. Howe is most certainly the right leader at …
