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Canadian Animator Whimpering Claims Rise Slightly in August
Labor force data released Wednesday show Canadian animator whimpering claims increased slightly in August, with more than 115 new instances of insufferable Molson-fueled whining filed compared to 109 new claims filed the previous month.
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DreamWorks and the Philippines Stage Animation Games Despite Warning from Disney
500 DreamWorks and Filipino artists waded ashore Saturday in a mock assault to seize an animation production studio, a drill Disney claimed would have dire consequences on the future of peaceful animated feature distribution.
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SoCal VFX Firms Add 190 Jobs in August, All in Mumbai
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that in the month of August, visual effects studios in Southern California combined to create 190 new jobs, though all the new positions were located in Mumbai.
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Digital Domain Vows to Go Green, Build Sustainable VFX Business
Saying it will try to move away from ecologically unfriendly practices such as building 115,000 square foot studios without the business base to support it, Digital Domain yesterday vowed to “Go Green” by 2014.
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InfoGraphic: What’s Next for Ousted Digital Domain CEO John Textor?
With the sudden resignation of CEO John Textor, closure of their brand new Port St. Lucie production studio, layoff of 280 employees and the complete collapse of their stock price, venerable visual effects studio
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InfoGraphic: Issues That Most Concern California Visual Effects Artists
California now finds itself sitting center stage in a global battle over visual effects production work. The ancestral home of the industry is struggling against global VFX studio expansion fueled by film production cost-cutting
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Red Cross Reports Over 1 Million Syrians Lack Access to Disney Channel
As civil unrest spreads across Syria, the Red Cross reported Wednesday that more than 1/3 of the country is without reliable cable, and over 1 million Syrians still lack access to the Disney Channel.
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Angelina Jolie Visits California VFX Industry Refugees
Oscar-winning movie star and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday to meet with refugees displaced by recent upheavals in the economically devastated California visual effects industry. This was Jolie’s first
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The Week in Review – Friday, June 1, 2012
A selection of the top animation industry headlines deemed too controversial, too shocking or too asinine for coverage by the mainstream press… NAMBLA and FX Team Up on New Animated Series, Catamite Shores FX
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World Powers Urge Iran to Broadcast Adult Swim
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council yesterday called on Iran to back up their claim that a suspected nuclear research site is nothing more than an animation studio by broadcasting a
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