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Axis, Scotland's largest animation/VFX studio, goes out of business, 162 jobs lost.

Axis, Scotland's largest animation/VFX studio, goes out of business, 162 jobs lost.

Axis Studios, Scotland's largest animation and VFX company, has collapsed, leaving 162 jobs lost and all production halted; four employees remain to m...

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Rising from the Ashes of Primal Screen, the New Atlanta-Based Space Monster Studio

Rising from the Ashes of Primal Screen, the New Atlanta-Based Space Monster Studio

Three former creative directors of Atlanta-based Primal Screen Studios have formed a new local animation company, Space Monster Studios.Former creativ...

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Duolingo Focuses More on Animation with Acquisition of Second Studio

Duolingo Focuses More on Animation with Acquisition of Second Studio

Duolingo, a language learning app, announced today that it has acquired Hobbes, a Detroit-based animation and motion design studio. The company uses a...

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Paramount and Skydance to Merge

Paramount and Skydance to Merge

Paramount Global to be acquired by Skydance Media in a complex transaction valued in excess of $8 billion, in which Skydance will first acquire Paramo...

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Mercury Filmworks and Blue Spirit are teaming up to produce a high-end film and series.

Mercury Filmworks and Blue Spirit are teaming up to produce a high-end film and series.

Mercury Filmworks of Ottawa, Canada ("The Bob's Burgers Movie," "Hilda," "The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse") and Blue Spirit Studios of France and ...

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Italy's Mondo TV fined $538,000 by the U.S. Treasury Department for producing animated programs in North Korea.

Italy's Mondo TV fined $538,000 by the U.S. Treasury Department for producing animated programs in North Korea.

Mondo TV, an Italian animation company, has agreed to pay $538,000 for "clear violation" of U.S. sanctions that prohibit the use of the U.S. financial...

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