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Press Releases / Facilities
Remix Your Brand To Focus On Electronic Dance Music, Ambient And Other Cutting Edge Genres

Remix Your Brand To Focus On Electronic Dance Music, Ambient And Other Cutting Edge Genres

03/30
2013

Music producers Matt Nelson and Tom Hinton have launched Remix Your Brand – a new music licensing company focused solely on cutting edge music genres...

Press Releases / Media Biz
SAG-AFTRA and JPC Statement Regarding Commercials Contracts Extension and Continuing Negotiations

SAG-AFTRA and JPC Statement Regarding Commercials Contracts Extension and Continuing Negotiations

03/27
2013

Representatives of SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee representing the advertising industry have agreed to extend for one week the current Screen Actors Guild Television Recorded Commercials agreement and AFTRA Radio Recorded Commercials agreement...

Production News / Press Releases
Nice Shoes Expands with New Color Suite and Baselight TWO Systems

Nice Shoes Expands with New Color Suite and Baselight TWO Systems

03/25
2013

To kick off 2013, Nice Shoes has added a pair of Baselight TWO systems, one of which will form their brand new color suite. The new suite has been added in order to take on more projects during peak hours. "We saw an opportunity to offer our clients more flexibility and convenience," said Head of Color Lenny Mastrandrea. "We're able to take on more long form and non-broadcast work in addition to our traditional commercial workload."

Top Stories / News Analysis
What’s Next After MAXON and Adobe Announce Strategic Alliance?

What’s Next After MAXON and Adobe Announce Strategic Alliance?

03/23
2013

If you don’t have what you need in your toolbox, getting a friend to loan what you need makes sense. That’s one way to look at the announcement this past week that Adobe and MAXON have crafted a strategic alliance to work on bettering the interoperability between their product lines...

Talks / NYCPPNEWS In-Person
Don’t Miss Our Upcoming In-Person Event with Mr. Opera Tech Himself!

Don’t Miss Our Upcoming In-Person Event with Mr. Opera Tech Himself!

03/23
2013

Okay, maybe it's Mr. Mark Schubin to you, but to us he's Mr. Opera Tech, and his upcoming presentation this Tuesday, March 27th, will change everything you thought you knew about the history of modern motion media and how we got here!

Press Releases / Awards
Local R/GA Wins GRANDY Award While Leo Burnett Takes Home 17 Awards

Local R/GA Wins GRANDY Award While Leo Burnett Takes Home 17 Awards

03/22
2013

The 2013 International ANDY Awards announced this year's winners for outstanding creative accomplishment. The global advertising show's most prestigious honor, The GRANDY, has been awarded to R/GA and Nike+ for their innovative user experience design fo...

Posts / Gear
Create Web Comics with SmithMicro’s MotionArtist

Create Web Comics with SmithMicro’s MotionArtist

03/19
2013

Recently, I had a chance to check out SmithMicro’s MotionArtist app which you can use to easily create professional looking online comics, complete with animation and powered by the latest in HTML 5 code...

News Analysis / Media Biz

Crowdsourcing and Kickstarter Help Create a New Kind of
Sci-Fi Series

03/19
2013

Has the time come in which we will see big changes in VFX production? Projects like The New Kind just might do it. Roninfilm's new VFX production model employs Kickstarter and crowd-sourced visual effects to create...

Press Releases / Media Biz

Napoleon Takes Manhattan
with Simian

03/18
2013

Test advertising leader, The Napoleon Group, turns to Simian to enhance collaboration, boost productivity and extend sales reach...

Press Releases / Media Biz

Edit1’s Zoe Schack Brings Editorial Passion To New Indie Doc “Dosa Hunt”

03/18
2013

While most in the advertising industry know Edit1 as the leading pre-visualization studio, they may be unaware of the many creative labors-of-love going on under its roof after hours...