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Business

“Cars 2″ is
Already a Hit Whether …

An article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal deemed Cars 2 a Hit
Already–in Stores. The article made it clear that the franchise …

maxhoward

Business

The Legend of Max Howard
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday June 21, 2011   11:00 pm
Seeing Max Howard’s name as one of the judges of Animation
Magazine’s Pitch Party reminded me of a link I’d been meaning to …
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Business

Digital Domain Sets Up Florida Shop, Aims To Be Next Pixar
by Amid Amidi   Saturday May 28, 2011   1:50 pm
Visual effects house Digital Domain is building a $40 million,
120,000-square foot studio in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The …
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Business

Former Rainmaker Employee Comments on Weinstein Lawsuit
by Amid Amidi   Friday March 4, 2011   6:28 pm
A Brew reader who preferred to remain anonymous e-mailed his
thoughts about this week’s lawsuit filed against The Weinstein …
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escapeplanet

Business

Weinsteins Sued For Not Making An Ugly CG Cartoon
by Amid Amidi   Thursday March 3, 2011   2:21 am
Yesterday, a $50 million-plus lawsuit was filed in the New York
State Supreme Court against The Weinstein Company and …
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gladstonebeck

Business

ASIFA-Hollywood Chooses New Leadership
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday March 1, 2011   5:16 pm
Big news: ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest ASIFA chapter in the
world, has chosen a new president and vice-president. Veteran …
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shademaker

Business

Henry Selick Sets Up In The Mission
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday February 23, 2011   12:53 pm
Henry Selick’s new animation studio, which we reported on a
couple months ago, has set up shop in San Francisco’s hip …
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january11employment

Business

DreamWorks Employs A LOT of Artists
by Amid Amidi   Monday February 7, 2011   3:29 pm
According to the chart above, originally posted on The Animation
Guild blog, last month DreamWorks employed 799 union …
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rabbit-animate

Business

England Axes Funding for Animation
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday February 2, 2011   9:00 am
Very tragic news out of England. As part of the country’s new
austerity budget, last week the Arts Council England …
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iger-salary

Business

Disney’s Chief Bob Iger Scraping By With $28 Million
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday February 1, 2011   8:18 am
After learning about the obscene pay of Viacom’s top honchos, it
saddens me to report that Disney’s CEO Bob Iger is barely …
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unepicmickey

Business

Disney Interactive Fires Nearly 30% of its Workforce
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday January 26, 2011   10:43 am
Apparently, Epic Mickey wasn’t nearly as epic as it needed to be
to save Disney’s gaming division. On Monday, Disney …
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India Viacom

Bad Ideas

The Obscene Pay of Viacom Execs
by Amid Amidi   Monday January 24, 2011   6:58 pm
Sumner Redstone, Philippe Dauman and Tom Dooley Viacom, the
media conglomerate that owns Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, …
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illusionist-bo

Business

Weekend Box Office Report
by Amid Amidi   Sunday January 9, 2011   11:24 am
No new animated films this week in the US. The quick fading Yogi
Bear dropped from fourth to eighth place with an FINAL $6.6 …
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notoystory3

Business

The Anti – “Toy Story 3″ Oscar Campaign
by Amid Amidi   Thursday December 16, 2010   3:27 pm
Unite Here, a union for Disneyland Hotel employees, has started
a No Toy Story 3 campaign to thwart the Disney/Pixar film’s …
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rocksinmypockets

Business

Signe Baumane on How To Be A Full-Time Filmmaker
by Amid Amidi   Saturday November 20, 2010   8:09 am
A test frame from Signe Baumane’s feature film in progress NY
filmmaker Signe Baumane (Teat Beat of Sex) is working on …
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