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    Rep Report for December 2016

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    Lisa Houck, founder of Salon Reps
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    New York and Paris-based production company Cadence Films has secured Salon Reps, the independent representation firm founded by head of sales Lisa Houck, to handle the West Coast. The new representation comes at a busy time for Cadence Films, which recently signed director Damien Krisl whose work spans such brands as Alfa Romeo, Lexus, BMW and Lancôme.  Cadence Films’ director Dimitru Basil wrapped a surreal music video for Kings of Leon’s “Waste A Moment” while Barnaby Roper helmed a just launched Nike ACG film. Headed by founder Neil Cooper and executive producer Lorenzo Ragionieri, Cadence continues to be repped by Diane Patrone of The Family on the East Coast. Along with Cadence Films, Salon represents Raucous Content, Believe Media, Pet Gorilla, LOBO, Royal Budapest, and Squeak E Clean….

    Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) has signed cinematographers Jac Fitzgerald for commercials, theatrical feature films and television, and Suzie Lavelle for feature motion pictures and TV. Additionally DDA has booked editor David Leonard on the Danny Abeckaser-directed feature Zealous, and costume designer Paco Delgado on A Wrinkle In Time, directed by Ava DuVernay…..

    ICM Partners is now representing cinematographer Ben Seresin for commercials/branded content and theatrical feature films exclusively…..Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd, production designer Anne Ross, and costume designer Stacey Battat have wrapped principal photography on the Sofia Coppola-directed Beguiled and are now available for commercials/branded content and theatrical feature films exclusively through ICM Partners. Beguiled has a cast which includes Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman….

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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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