# HPANA
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{{Short description|Harry Potter electronic fan site}}
{{Infobox website
| name = HPANA
| logo = Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator (logo).jpg
| caption = Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
| url = {{URL|https://hpana.com}}
| commercial =
| type = [Harry Potter](/source/Harry_Potter) [fan site](/source/fan_site)
| registration =
| owner = Jeff Guillaume
| author = Jeff Guillaume
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2002|10|15}}
| current_status = Online
}}
The '''Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator''', or '''HPANA''', as it is better known, is a ''[Harry Potter](/source/Harry_Potter)'' [fansite](/source/fansite) created in 2002 to monitor news on the Internet about [J. K. Rowling](/source/J._K._Rowling)'s series of novels about the eponymous wizard.
==History==
HPANA is operated by its founder, software developer Jeff Guillaume, and a volunteer staff who monitor and post news items, attend events in order to cover them for the site, and moderate the forums. Like other ''Harry Potter'' fan sites, HPANA's representatives have been invited to [Leavesden Film Studios](/source/Leavesden_Film_Studios), the permanent set outside London on which the [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) movie adaptations are created, as well as the majority of the [films'](/source/Harry_Potter_(film_series)) red carpet premieres around the world.[{{cite news|url=http://www.hpana.com/news.19577.html|title=Harry Potter 5 filming near completion|date=September 1, 2006|publisher=HPANA}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070711/LANSING/707110336/0/special|title=New Harry Potter movie, book make July a banner month for fans|publisher=[Lansing State Journal](/source/Lansing_State_Journal)|date=July 11, 2007|first=Kathleen|last=Lavey|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128041554/http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070711/LANSING/707110336/0/special&nclick_check=1|archive-date=January 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}] The site was invited in 2007 to an exclusive web cast during which the studio, along with [Universal Orlando Resort](/source/Universal_Orlando_Resort), revealed their intentions to build [The Wizarding World of Harry Potter](/source/The_Wizarding_World_of_Harry_Potter_(Islands_of_Adventure)) theme park, which opened in 2010.[{{cite web|url=http://media.universalorlando.com/hp/webcast.htm |title=The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Announcement Webcast|publisher=[Universal Orlando Resort](/source/Universal_Orlando_Resort)|date=May 31, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803011655/http://media.universalorlando.com/hp/webcast.htm |archive-date = August 3, 2008}}]
The site began working with a travel company in 2003 to offer tours of the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) with a Harry Potter focus, dubbed HP Fan Trips. Over 100 people joined its initial trip in 2004 and hundreds more in the years since. A staple of these trips is a ride on [steam locomotive](/source/steam_locomotive) [#5972 Olton Hall](/source/GWR_4900_Class_5972_Olton_Hall), the train used in the Harry Potter films as the [Hogwarts Express](/source/Hogwarts_Express).[{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E5D81239F936A15752C0A9629C8B63&sec=travel&pagewanted=all|title=In Frodo's Footsteps|work=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)|date=January 25, 2004|first=Martha|last=Olson}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.frommers.com/articles/2523.html|title=Loved the Book? Go There, Literally, with a Literary Tour|publisher=[Frommers](/source/Frommers)|date=December 16, 2004|first=Charis|last=Heelan}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.fodors.com/news/from-harry-potter-to-the-da-vinci-code-lit-tours-are-all-the-rage-1225|title=From Harry Potter to The Da Vinci Code, Lit Tours are All the Rage|publisher=[Fodor's](/source/Fodor's)|date=September 12, 2005|first=Michelle|last=Delio}}]
In July 2005, HPANA and [MuggleNet](/source/MuggleNet) along with publisher Wizarding World Press held ''Spellbound! 2005,'' an event to celebrate the release of ''[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/source/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince)'' in [Mt. Prospect](/source/Mount_Prospect%2C_Illinois), Illinois.[{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/07/15/potter-fans-get-spellbound/|title=Potter fans get Spellbound|work=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)|date=July 15, 2005 | first=Etelka| last=Lehoczky | access-date=2024-02-12}}] More than 10,000 people attended the free event, played games and watched live stage performances while they waited for the midnight book debut.
Rowling in 2011 introduced a companion web site to her books, [Pottermore](/source/Pottermore), by working with HPANA and other fan sites to release clues for fans to discover the name of the new project.[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/16/harry-potter-jk-rowling-pottermore|title=Harry Potter fans flock to JK Rowling's mysterious new website, Pottermore|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|first=Alison|last=Flood|date=June 16, 2011|access-date=December 2, 2014}}] In November 2011, HPANA went offline due to lack of funding. Three years later, the site returned in limited form with access to its news archive.
===Podcast===
The site began featuring ''Hogwarts Radio'' as its official [podcast](/source/podcast) in January 2009, featuring news, analysis and editorial content.[{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hogwarts-radio/id287732396|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031062736/http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hogwarts-radio/id287732396|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 31, 2010|title=Hogwarts Radio (iTunes)|website=[iTunes](/source/iTunes)|access-date=August 5, 2010}}]
==Awards==
J.K. Rowling, upon giving HPANA her "Fan Site Award" in December 2004, said it was the first Harry Potter fan site she ever visited.[{{cite news| url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/fansite_view.cfm?id=16|title=JK Rowling Fan Site Award|publisher=JKRowling.com|date=December 10, 2004|author=J.K. Rowling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216183428/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/fansite_view.cfm?id=16|archive-date=February 16, 2006}}] "A fantastically [user-friendly](/source/Usability) fansite," Rowling remarked, "faster off the mark with Harry Potter news than any other site I know, and with all kinds of brilliantly inventive touches." HPANA was featured on [USA Today](/source/USA_Today)'s "Hot Sites" list on November 2, 2004.[{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2004/2004-11-02-hotsites.htm | publisher=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today) | title=Hot Sites | date=November 2, 2004 | access-date=May 4, 2010}}]
==See also==
* [Harry Potter fandom](/source/Harry_Potter_fandom)
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* [http://www.hpana.com HPANA]
* [http://www.hogwartsradio.com Hogwarts Radio]
* [http://www.hpfantrips.com HP Fan Trips]
* [https://twitter.com/HPANA Twitter feed]
* [https://twitter.com/wizardingnews Twitter feed of Wizarding News]
Category:Harry Potter websites
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