Amanda Palmer

http://www.amandapalmer.net/

Last activity: 04.02.2025

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Location

United States, New York

Employees

51-200

Total raised

$100K

Funding Rounds 1

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Feb 4, 2025	Woman's lawsuits say sci-fi author Neil Gaiman repeatedly sexually assaulted her	A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his ex-wife Amanda Palmer, accusing Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was working as the couple's babysitter an...
Jan 16, 2025	The Shadows of Allegation: Neil Gaiman's Fall from Grace	In the world of literature, few names shine as brightly as Neil Gaiman's. The author of beloved works like American Gods and The Sandman has captivated readers for decades. His storytelling weaves magic, myth, and reality into a tapestr...
Jan 14, 2025	Writer Neil Gaiman hit with new string of sexual assault allegations	Listen 2 min New: You can now listen to articles. This audio is generated by an AI tool. Neil Gaiman, 64, has been hit by a new string of sexual assault allegations. The writer was first accused of sexual assault in July 2024 when British p...
Dec 4, 2014	Techdirt Podcast Episode 3: Amanda Palmer And The Art Of Asking	After a short break (and a teaser) last week, it’s now time for Episode 3 of the Techdirt Podcast. If you still haven’t subscribed, you should follow us on Soundcloud, subscribe via iTunes, or simply plug the RSS feed into your favorite pod...
Nov 27, 2014	Coming Up On The Techdirt Podcast: Amanda Palmer	Happy Thanksgiving folks! As you’ve probably noticed by now, Techdirt is taking the long weekend off, so you won’t be seeing any regular posts today and tomorrow. But if you’re craving Techdirt before your turkey, why not take this opportun...
Sep 11, 2014	U2 Still Insists No Value In 'Free' Music, Despite Making Millions From It	As you may have heard, earlier this week Apple announced a bunch of things — and that included that U2 was releasing a surprise new album that everyone who uses iTunes would magically get automatically for free in their library. That struck...
Feb 15, 2013	It's Fine For The Rich & Famous To Use Kickstarter; Bjork's Project Failed Because It Was Lame	Nearly two years ago, we had a post pointing out that it was silly for people to complain when the “rich and famous” made use of platforms like Kickstarter. That story was about Tom Hanks’ son Colin looking for funds to complete a documenta...
Oct 15, 2012	Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter	As mentioned, last week, we held an all day brainstorming event, bringing together artists and entrepreneurs to talk about the challenges and opportunities that we all face, and to see if there are ways to help each other. I’ll have a full ...
Oct 1, 2012	Worth Noting: Amanda Palmer's 'Free' Album Debuted At Number 10 On The Billboard Charts	We’ve written plenty about Amanda Palmer and the various cool things she’s done to connect with fans and give them a reason to buy. She’s stopped by on occasion to do some guest posting as well. Obviously, a lot of the recent attention has ...
Sep 21, 2012	Amanda Palmer Destroys/Saves Musicians; Chances Of 'Hitting It Big' As An Artist Remain Unchanged	In terms of incendiary writing, the following sentence ranks so low on the scale as to be imperceptible:
Jun 2, 2012	Amanda Palmer attracts over $1M in the biggest Kickstarter music deal ever	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Musician Amanda Palmer has managed to raise more ...
Jun 1, 2012	Amanda Palmer Raises $1.2 Million On Kickstarter, And The Crowd Goes Wild	We’ve written a bunch about the amazing success of the Amanda Palmer Kickstarter campaign, powered by Amanda’s amazing ability to build an army of fans, by connecting with them day after day after day.
May 25, 2012	Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini On 'Piracy': It Only Helps Musicians	Okay, here’s a bit of a two-fer. With all of the attention that Amanda Palmer has been getting for her massively successful Kickstarter campaign, we had some commenters here questioning whether or not she would freak out if people then shar...
May 25, 2012	Is It A Problem If People Only Discover A Musician Because They Have A Cool Kickstarter?	One of the things we’ve heard for years, whenever we talk about awesome marketing campaigns and business models that musicians and other artists have put together, is that it’s somehow a “shame” that the artists are getting attention for th...
Apr 30, 2012	No Record Label, But Amanda Palmer Raises Over $100k In Just Six Hours On Kickstarter	We’ve certainly written about Amanda Palmer’s many success stories on this site before — including her celebration of the fact that she finally got dropped from a record label two years ago. Since then, she’s done a bunch of fun projects, m...
Apr 25, 2011	You Shouldn't Need An Excuse For Having Fun & Creating Something	There’s a music conference going on in Boston tomorrow called Rethink Music, which has received some attention because a group of the content creators attending — Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash and Neil Gaiman — have decided to spe...
Feb 1, 2011	The Awkwardness Of Cutting Out The Middleman	We’ve talked in the past about the idea of musicians doing “house concerts” or in-home shows (all the way back to 2003), highlighting how folks like Jill Sobule successfully offered up the opportunity for fans to pay $5,000 to have her perf...
Jan 28, 2011	Creators Remix Roundup Week 11	Our Creators are a very talented and prolific bunch, and our inbox is always cluttered with alerts of new remixes and mashups from the incredible DJs and producers in our line-up. We just couldn't keep these fresh new tunes to ourselves bec...
May 21, 2010	Amanda Palmer Talks About Record Labels, Art, Commerce & Retiring To Open A Juice Bar	We’ve discussed in the past some of Amanda Palmer’s business model experiments, and she’s guest posted on this site herself about connecting with her fans. Last month she finally was “freed” from her major record label deal and celebrated t...
Apr 20, 2010	OK Go Chats With Planet Money About The Music Business	The fantastic NPR podcast, Planet Money, interviewed OK Go frontman Damian Kulash, discussing the music industry, record labels and management secrets. In the interview, Kulash reminisces about the success that they had with their now-famou...
Sep 30, 2009	Part Of The Reason To Buy Is Actually Asking For Money	A bunch of folks have been sending over Amanda Palmer’s latest blog post, where she discusses the importance of content creators today getting used to both asking for money and talking about money. This came after a couple people suggested ...
Jul 31, 2009	Amanda Palmer Talks About Connecting With Fans: Fans WANT To Support Artists	With our CwF + RtB experiment in full swing, we’ve asked some of the participating artists/authors to provide some guest posts about their own experience with new business models and new promotions. Amanda Palmer, one of the artists involve...
Jun 24, 2009	Amanda Palmer Connects With Fans, Gives 'Em A Reason To Buy… And Makes $19k In 10 Hours	We keep talking about artists who are connecting with fans, and giving them a reason to buy, and it seems like every day we hear of more and more new and creative ways that artists are doing this — even as the naysayers stop by daily to ins...
Dec 29, 2008	Warner Music Musicians Pissed Off About YouTube Dispute	Warner Music’s dispute with YouTube, where Warner Music suddenly claims that YouTube needs to pay more has been pretty silly from the outset. We pointed out that Warner has almost no leverage here. Warner Music needs YouTube a hell of a lot...

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FAQ about Amanda Palmer

How much funding has Amanda Palmer raised?

Amanda Palmer has raised $100K in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about Amanda Palmer?

Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Amanda Palmer, among them “Woman's lawsuits say sci-fi author Neil Gaiman repeatedly sexually assaulted her” (Feb 4, 2025) and “The Shadows of Allegation: Neil Gaiman's Fall from Grace” (Jan 16, 2025).

Is Amanda Palmer still active?

Yes, Amanda Palmer is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 4, 2025.