Dean Winkler, COO of the New York Media Group and president of Post Perfect, New York, has appointed Steve Clark as VP, audio engineering, at the New York Media Group. In his new position, Clark will be responsible for the technical operations of the company’s four audio entities: East Side Audio, Lower East Side, Mixed Nuts and Superdupe Recording.
After graduating from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, with a degree in electrical engineering, Clark entered the music recording business in ’85, interning at Nashville music houses 16th Avenue Sound and Masterfonics. From there, he moved north to Solid State Logic, New York, where he worked from ’89 to ’94 as a field support engineer. In ’95, Clark moved to Post Perfect, where he provided engineering design and support until ’98. He is returning to the New York Media Group after a stint at AF Associates of Northvale, N.J., where he worked from October ’98 until January.
The New York Media Group is an organization providing a myriad of post services to the commercial, broadcast, music video and feature film industries. Its family consists of the aforementioned audio companies as well as Post Perfect, Cyclotron and Crush Digital Video, all in New York.
Judge Upholds Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin In “Rust” Shooting
A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
In a ruling Thursday, state District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify reversing her decision.
"Because the state's amended motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the state elected not to raise earlier, the court does not find the amended motion well taken," the judge wrote, adding that the request was also untimely.
A spokesperson for Baldwin's lawyers said Friday that they had no immediate reaction to teh decision.
The case was thrown out halfway through trial on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
Baldwin's trial was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers say investigators "buried" the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey can now decide whether to appeal to a higher court.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer โ... Read More