After Netflix earned the first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for a streaming series in 2013, putting your production online yourself makes more and more sense to independent producers who don’t want to wait on the sidelines…
Crowds Turn Out in Sumptuous Brooklyn Setting for 2014 Made in NY Awards
Crowds piled into a new Brooklyn palace as the 2014 “Made in NY” awards came to the Weylin B. Seymour Hall. No wonder Mayor Bill de Blasio moved the annual affair from Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side. He had a great spot to hold the ceremony. in a space that was clearly ready-for-its-close-up, […]
Post NY Alliance Seminar Kicks Off New Series on High Level Post
The Post New York Alliance, a group of some 50 top post facilities in town, is gearing up to become a real force in helping to direct the City’s fast-growing editing and visual effects industries…
Fincher’s “Gone Girl” to Open The 52nd New York Film Festival
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that David Fincher’s Gone Girl will make its World Premiere as the Opening Night selection for the upcoming 52nd New York Film Festival (September 26 – October 12), which will kick off at Alice Tully Hall and return to Tavern on the Green for the after party. Based upon […]
ANA Launches Industry Study of Advertising Bot Fraud
ANA and White Ops form ‘The Marketers’ Coalition’ to study and reduce advertising bot fraud The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and online fraud detection firm, White Ops have launched ‘The Marketers’ Coalition’, a joint research initiative to determine the level of bot fraud occurring across the digital advertising industry. The coalition’s objective is to provide actionable […]
IATSE Local 52 Settles with New York State Over Equal Job Opportunities
Nepotism in union trade like IATSE Local 52 might seem like old news. But for most blacks and Latinos – regularly excluded from electrical, grip, property, sound, and video work on film and video production – such good paying union jobs were fantasies. IA 52’s active membership totals some 3,500 employees working in New York and four other states…
First Comprehensive Insurance and Risk Management Guidebook Introduced at AICP Week
Looks like an incredibly useful guide to all the insurance angles a commercial producer needs to be savvy about that was created by a leading insurance company working with the AICP. Did I mention that the guide is not only free but a good read…?
African American SGL/LGBTQ Directors, Producers, Entrepreneurs and Industry Pros Present at Made in NY Talks: Flipping the Script
Presented by the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment, Global Pride Business Coalition, Harlem Pride, Global Network of Black Pride and The National Black Theatre As a part of “Made in NY” Talks, a free series of conversations focused on jobs in the local entertainment industry, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment in partnership […]
Curatorial Committee Announced For 2014 AICE Awards
The Association of Independent Commercial Editors has been gearing up to face the mounting pressure from advertisers and agencies over budgets and ever tightening schedules. AICE — they’re the group that handles editorial, design, visual effects, color grading, audio, music and post production in general — debuts the results of its revised awards procedure at this year’s event, held in New York on May 15th…
Rachelle Madden Named New AICE Executive Director
AICE, the post production trade association, has elected Rachelle Madden as its new Executive Director. She succeeds Burke Moody, who had been exec director since 2006. AICE faces changing times, as advertisers push agencies to tighten budgets, even as new media outlets add to the need for more diverse ad work…