{"id":321149,"date":"2025-04-24T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trublu-cofounder-shawn-rech-considers-bidding-on-fyre-festival-rights"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:14:10","slug":"trublu-cofounder-shawn-rech-considers-bidding-on-fyre-festival-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trublu-cofounder-shawn-rech-considers-bidding-on-fyre-festival-rights","title":{"rendered":"TruBlu Cofounder Shawn Rech Considers Bidding on FYRE Pageant Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Shawn Rech<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">We Will Ship FYRE Streaming Service&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">I Would possibly Bid For Pageant<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Revealed <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-24T13:52:23-07:00\">April 24, 2025 1:52 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"51.8988123515\">\n<section id=\"cb-236b81941ff20399dc03627526f453fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250424_b140b2f9ccf043d5a1e34e3d63b81d6f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2481e1b6-1b3f-48a4-8c40-c49414a925ab\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Billy McFarland\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b1\/4by3\/2025\/04\/24\/b140b2f9ccf043d5a1e34e3d63b81d6f_md.jpg\" alt=\"billy mcfarland fyre fest shawn rech main Shutterstock tmz composite\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-236b81941ff20399dc03627526f453fd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-971d3f09069276c1733101b4fd4b047f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>FYRE Pageant&#8217;s on the public sale block &#8230; and, a person who already owns the IP for the printed and streaming rights would possibly attempt to buy the entire dang factor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-971d3f09069276c1733101b4fd4b047f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c254322effad8e449740669088b72d2c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>We spoke with <strong>Shawn Rech<\/strong> &#8212; the person who cofounded TruBlu, a true-crime streaming service with &#8220;To Catch a Predator&#8221; star Chris Hansen &#8212; and, he says he is contemplating shopping for the rights from the pageant from <strong>Billy McFarland<\/strong>, who introduced yesterday he is promoting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c254322effad8e449740669088b72d2c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-01f64261a6b5e1220ac526f9d2c42435\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e8bc5124-772b-4c83-bbdd-9138c2b64eac-198703301-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e8bc5124-772b-4c83-bbdd-9138c2b64eac-198703301-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/db\/16by9\/2025\/04\/24\/dbfc252d8fda44b5b39ac5462e2abe3e_md.jpg\" alt=\"shawn-rech-kal-04-24-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-01f64261a6b5e1220ac526f9d2c42435--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-74292ba70ea42b970de78cb106091a2d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Rech explains he bought the IP, which permits him to make use of the FYRE identify to create a streaming service unrelated to the general occasion &#8230; admitting he secured it for a reasonably cheap value.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-74292ba70ea42b970de78cb106091a2d--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3edfb766a1bed12972c8dfbab663c8ce\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>SR described the service as a user-submitted and fan-curated expertise, which can embody a subscription video-on-demand platform that may value round $4 a month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3edfb766a1bed12972c8dfbab663c8ce--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bae65bdee6f7a8e5d9f6df49344735b7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-84baeab1-63e4-562d-8602-7b588849e8d5\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2017\/04\/28\/fyre-festival-fail\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:84baeab1-63e4-562d-8602-7b588849e8d5\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2481e1b6-1b3f-48a4-8c40-c49414a925ab\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cc\/4by3\/2019\/07\/11\/cc68346598fd49e1bf3767e6c58aadab_md.jpg\" alt=\"Fyre Festival Fail\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bae65bdee6f7a8e5d9f6df49344735b7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b2b2129583a941c03481a0014fd6ca50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Shawn tells us TruBlu&#8217;s all about true-crime &#8212; macabre topics that draw folks&#8217;s curiosity &#8212; and, he thinks FYRE Fest is rather like that, drawing folks in who keep in mind the calamity of the primary failed occasion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b2b2129583a941c03481a0014fd6ca50--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-033054e6beeb73cb767b6d4301edca7e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Rech says folks need to see how all of this seems &#8230; so, Billy&#8217;s certain to make some critical coin by promoting all of the emblems and IP related to the model.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-033054e6beeb73cb767b6d4301edca7e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-78a8f858becd9358dfacca856ae50171\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-78a8f858becd9358dfacca856ae50171--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-56203b9a3b2d0a40a83d174d0e202145\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Shawn does notice &#8212; even when he does resolve to purchase the entire pageant &#8212; he isn&#8217;t a live performance promoter &#8230; so, he plans to accomplice with third events to assist deliver FYRE 2.0 to life.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-56203b9a3b2d0a40a83d174d0e202145--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1ace7e3b117ca8f0326d69864b5e3258\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1616161616\">\n<p>As you realize &#8230; McFarland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/23\/billy-mcfarland-selling-fyre-festival-brand-trademarks\/\"><strong>stepping away<\/strong><\/a> from FYRE Pageant following controversy about its projected location &#8212; together with whether or not or not a metropolis in Mexico knew the occasion was going to occur there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1ace7e3b117ca8f0326d69864b5e3258--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-79e05c50547a6cad90c40cac2db4eb5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-document-block canvas-document-block-permalink canvas-document-block--default \">\n<div class=\"document-block flex-column\">\n  <a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/00\/o\/2025\/04\/23\/0008a6544bb644e78010660ca0153b3a.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20250423_0008a6544bb644e78010660ca0153b3a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2481e1b6-1b3f-48a4-8c40-c49414a925ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/96\/4by3\/2025\/04\/23\/96f47557326041cea7738a56178bf476_md.jpg\" alt=\"billy-mcfarland-fyre-festival-statement\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-79e05c50547a6cad90c40cac2db4eb5a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-05aa30eb006eb03dbe50fbbf288fb66a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.8105726872\">\n<p>In a heartfelt <a href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/00\/o\/2025\/04\/23\/0008a6544bb644e78010660ca0153b3a.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>statement<\/strong><\/a>, Billy mentioned the model wanted somebody apart from himself to get this second iteration of the pageant over the hump &#8230; revealing within the course of that a number of Caribbean nations had been excited by internet hosting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-05aa30eb006eb03dbe50fbbf288fb66a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b1709b798176958c4ba7aa0a59a1f016\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Shawn additionally explains why he went to FYRE for identify recognition as an alternative of bringing in a significant artist to advertise this new streaming service &#8230; pay attention for your self to listen to the explanation why.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b1709b798176958c4ba7aa0a59a1f016--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2f927e1d35db8f1b158830227c7a830a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Billy is likely to be completed with FYRE &#8230; 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