Ideas/Commentary

Is YouTube Making It Harder for Animators To Make Money?

Ross O'Donovan, an Australian animator who creates Internet cartoons using the handle Rubber Ninja, has posted a video that argues recent changes in YouTube's algorithms give preferential treatment to live-action content creators while making it more difficult for animation creators to earn money on YouTube.

Awards

The Emmy Awards Make Room For Internet Animation

In a sign of changing times, animated programming produced for both Netflix and YouTube has begun to earn a significant number of Emmy Award nominations, competing alongside traditional broadcast and cable series.

RIP

Michael Sporn, A Passionate Film Director, RIP

Animator and filmmaker Michael Sporn, a man who represented the spirit and vitality of New York's animation scene as much as any other single individual, passed away from pancreatic cancer on January 19. He was 67.

Business

Why DreamWorks Animation Bought AwesomenessTV

If you're still wondering why DreamWorks Animation spent $33 million last spring to buy the YouTube channel AwesomenessTV, an article about Netflix in the latest issue of the "New Yorker" offers an explanation that I found to be succinct and worth sharing.

TV

Gerry Anderson (1929-2012)

He wasn’t an animator – he was a pioneering television puppeteer – but he influenced everyone who grew up with his work.

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