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    Rep Report for August 19, 2016

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    Ryan McMaster, CSC
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    Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) has added DPs Eric Robbins, Ryan McMaster, CSC, and Corey Robson to its roster for representation. Robbins is handled for commercials, features and TV while McMaster and Robson are repped for features and TV. DDA’s Lisa Holguin signed Robbins while DDA’s Dan Burnside signed McMaster and Robson. In terms of feature film bookings, DDA has secured the John Curran-directed Chappaquiddick for DP Maryse Alberti, director Grega Gerwig’s Lady Bird for DP Sam Levy, director Janicza Bravo’s Lemon for DP Jason McCormick,  the Ryan Koo-directed Amateur for production designer Todd Jeffery, and director David Ayer’s Bright for costume designer Mary Claire Hannan. On the TV front, DDA has scored Netflix’s Mindhunter for DP Eric Messerschmidt, Netflix’s Altered Carbon for DP Neville Kidd, Fox’s Sleepy Hollow for DP Niels Alpert, Fox’s Star for DP Rodney Taylor, ASC, CBS’ Training Day for DP Robert Gantz, ASC, CW’s The Originals for costume designer Nancea Ceo, and Netflix’s Glow for production designer Todd Fjelsted….

    Cinematographer Corey Walter has completed principal photography on House of Tomorrow directed by Peter Livolsi, and starring Ellen Burstyn and Nick Offerman. Walter is available for commercials, music videos, and feature films exclusively through ICM Partners….

    Austin Katz has been named chief development officer to lead strategic growth and development at branding and marketing innovations agency Troika. He is tasked with further developing and expanding Troika’s services to help clients better understand the shared cultural and human values that drive engagement today. He joins Troika from The Company (The Ebersol Lanigan Company) as COO, where he implemented a growth and operations strategy that resulted in sizable increases in revenue and profitability…..

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    Growth Brings Growing Pains–and Bots–To Bluesky

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk's X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner's support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta's Threads and its algorithms.

    The platform grew out of the company then known as Twitter, championed by its former CEO Jack Dorsey. Its decentralized approach to social networking was eventually intended to replace Twitter's core mechanic. That's unlikely now that the two companies have parted ways. But Bluesky's growth trajectory — with a user base that has more than doubled since October — could make it a serious competitor to other social platforms.

    But with growth comes growing pains. It's not just human users who've been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites.

    The skyrocketing user base — now surpassing 25 million — is the biggest test yet for a relatively young platform that has branded itself as a social media alternative free of the problems plaguing its competitors. According to research firm Similarweb, Bluesky added 7.6 million monthly active app users on iOS and Android in November, an increase of 295.4% since October. It also saw 56.2 million desktop and mobile web visits, in the same period, up 189% from October.

    Besides the U.S. elections, Bluesky also got a boost when X was briefly banned in Brazil.

    "They got this spike in attention, they've crossed the threshold where it is now worth it for people to flood the platform with spam," said Laura Edelson, an assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University and a member of Issue One's... Read More

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