Creative studio Splice has added sound designer/mixer Troy Hermes. He will head the Minneapolis-bsed company’s audio department while providing sound design and audio mixing for projects.
Hermes’ career began as an assistant engineer in Miami, which evolved to audio engineering for TV and Radio. He moved to London and joined NBC as a freelance location sound engineer. NBC sent him to Afghanistan and Iraq to record audio for news stories for “NBC Nightly News,” “Dateline,” MSNBC, and live shots with Tom Brokaw from various locations throughout Iraq. After spending time on location, Hermes settled down and picked up mixing and sound design for television and commercials through Crow TV in London. He also worked as a sound mixer and sound designer for the BBC show, “EastEnders.” Upon returning to the U.S., Hermes worked in New York with Ogilvy & Mather. After a couple years of working remotely in Alaska for his New York clients, he has chosen Splice as his portal back to civilization.
Ubisoft shares jump following reports of Tencent, Guillemot family considering buyout
Shares of Ubisoft jumped more than 30% Friday, following reports that Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering a buyout of the video game maker.
Bloomberg news reported that Tencent and Guillemot family — minority stakeholders in Ubisoft — have been discussing ways to stabilize the company after it lost more than half its market value this year. Shares surged 33.5% to about $15.57 Friday, according to FactSet.
Ubisoft declined to comment. Tencent did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
France-based Ubisoft is the publisher behind the well-known franchise "Assassin's Creed." Ubisoft's shares fell last month to their lowest point in more than a decade after its latest title "Star Wars Outlaws" underperformed and the company announced that it would delay the latest "Assassin's Creed" game.
Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's CEO, said in a statement last week that the company's "second quarter performance fell short of our expectations."
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