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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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"Big Hero 6" and "Raya and the Last Dragon" director Don Hall moved to Sky Dance Animation

"Big Hero 6" and "Raya and the Last Dragon" director Don Hall moved to Sky Dance Animation

Skydance Animation has terminated its contract with veteran Disney director Don Hall to join the company's growing creative talent.Hall creates, devel...

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Paramount and Skydance are approaching a merger agreement

Paramount and Skydance are approaching a merger agreement

Another day in Hollywood, another merger. This time it is Paramount and Sky Dance.The two companies, which have been negotiating for several months, h...

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