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PostWorks New York Buys Mega Playground

Slate Media Group said its PostWorks New York subsidiary had purchased the assets of West Village post facility Mega Playground. Slate signed a new long-term lease on Mega Playground's property at 609 Greenwich Street that it said reflected a "commitment … more »

Todd Soundelux Names Sara Duran-Singer CEO

Sara Duran-Singer is the new CEO of Todd Soundelux, the holding company formerly known as CSS Studios whose brands include Todd-AO, Soundelux, and POP Sound. A 25-year veteran of the post industry, Duran-Singer was most recently the SVP of worldwide … more »

NAB Stories: Five Industry Insiders on What They’re Looking For at NAB 2013

With NAB just around the corner, anticipation is running high. Attendees are going to hit the convention grounds running, scouring the halls for gear and gadgets that will extend their flexibility and efficiency on location, in post, and during playback. … more »

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New After Effects and Cinema 4D Pipeline in the Works

Regular users of both Adobe After Effects and Maxon Cinema 4D got some great news Tuesday when Adobe and Maxon announced they had formed a strategic alliance and would begin developing solutions that both simplify and evolve workflows in After … more »

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Terry Clotiaux Returns to Digital Domain as VP of Feature-Film Production

Digital Domain (DD) said today that VFX veteran Terry Clotiaux is its new VP of feature-film production. He will report directly to DD CEO Ed Ulbrich. Clotiaux is a 25-year VFX veteran whose résumé includes a stint as executive producer … more »

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Collider Conference to Help VFX and Graphics Community Converge in NYC

Based on the success of its Style Frames New York conferences geared to advertising creatives and executives, Stash Media is launching a New York show aimed at the wider community of area visual effects, motion graphics and animation staff and … more »

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Five Questions: Ryan Vanni, CEO and Founder, BKWLD

Ryan Vanni founded digital agency BKWLD (pronounced "Buckwild") in 2001. Today, the company offices in Sacramento and Seattle and works with brands including Samsung, Budweiser and 2K Sports. Recently, BKWLD developed an HTML5 website for the fall 2013 undergraduate program … more »

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FirstCom Partners with Sound Editor Rob Nokes on FX Library

At NAB, FirstCom Music is officially launching a new site, FirstCom SoundFX, in conjunction with sound editor Rob Nokes (Bones, Snow White and the Huntsman, Battleship). The site will offer FirstCom's production clients access to a new library of more … more »

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Vimeo Adds On Demand Paid-Viewing Option

Vimeo revealed the backbone of its Creator Services strategy at South by Southwest today, announcing Vimeo On Demand, an open e-commerce platform allowing content creators to sell access to videos hosted on Vimeo. Content creators retain 90 percent of revenues; … more »

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Visual Effects Society to Organize ‘VFX Congress’

In an open letter released today, the head of the Visual Effects Society (VES), an honorary group of more than 2500 visual effects artists from 29 countries, launched a campaign urging California lawmakers to expand the state's tax-incentive program for … more »