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Three Top Nick Animation Execs Are Laid Off (Exclusive)
The studio says the executives were let go as part of a “restructuring” effort.
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South Korean Government to Pump $338 Million Into Animation Industry
If K-pop music can become popular around the globe, why not K-anima?
European Union To Publish Two Major Reports on Animation in 2015
European politicians are paying attention to the animation industry.
DreamWorks Loses $263 Million in Fourth Quarter and Will Sell Glendale Campus
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says that it has been “the hardest, most difficult, most painful eight weeks in our 20-year history.”
Sony’s Top Animation Exec Bob Osher Was Fired Today
In the role that he held for seven years, Osher oversaw Sony Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
DreamWorks Producer Kristine Belson Named President of Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation has named Kristine Belson as the new president of its Sony Pictures Animation division.
Hornet Opens London Studio
New York-based commercial production company Hornet has opened up a new outpost in London’s Shoreditch district.
Chinese Government Recognizes ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ As A Co-Production
The Chinese government has granted co-production status to “Kung Fu Panda 3.”
BREAKING: DreamWorks Will Shut Down PDI/DreamWorks Studio; 500 Jobs Will Be Eliminated
DreamWorks just announced to it staff that it will shut down one of its main studios, PDI DreamWorks, in Redwood City, California.
DreamWorks Animation Plans Major Layoffs
Major layoffs are coming up at DreamWorks Animation; hundreds of people could potentially be let go.
Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria Become DreamWorks Feature Animation Co-Presidents; Bill Damaschke Out
DreamWorks announced this afternoon that veteran producers Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria, the respective lead producers of the studio’s “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Madagascar” franchises, will oversee creative development and production for DreamWorks Animation’s theatrical releases.
‘LEGO Movie’ Directors Turned Down Offer To Run Sony Animation
“LEGO Movie” Phil Lord and Chris Miller turned down an offer to run Sony Animation because “it’s too hard to do great work there.”
DHX Acquires Nerd Corps To Create 700-Employee Canadian Mega-Studio
The Canadian animation scene became more consolidated today with the news that Halifax-based DHX Media will buy Vancouver-based animation studio Nerd Corps Entertainment for a cash-and-stock deal worth CAD$57 million.
Disney Helped Derail DreamWorks-Hasbro Merger Talks
Troubling new details about the abruptly-halted merger talks between DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro have been revealed.
Ed Catmull on Wage-Fixing: “I Don’t Apologize for This”
The wage-theft scheme run by big animation studios is finally receiving some mainstream media attention after a significant piece was published today by Bloomberg News.
DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro Merger Talks End Abruptly
The Hasbro giveth, and the Hasbro taketh away.
DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro in Merger Talks
Although Japan’s SoftBank wasn’t successful in its bid to purchase DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg continues to seek a buyer for his animation studio.
Zag Studios Sets Up Shop In L.A. To Produce Animated Features
Zag Animation Studios is a new feature animation outfit that plans to release two family-oriented films per year—one fully-CGI and one live-action/CGI hybrid—beginning in 2017.
California Expands VFX Subsidies in Futile Attempt to Win Back Work
The state of California recently expanded its tax credit program for film and TV productions. Here’s why it won’t work.
Boomerang is Dead, Long Live Boomerang!
Turner Broadcasting announced yesterday that they will rebrand the Cartoon Network spin-off Boomerang in 2015, changing it from a channel of classic cartoons and Cartoon Network re-runs to a “global all-animation, youth-targeted network.”
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