Pixotope, a software solution for live Augmented Reality and virtual production, has made two senior promotions and a new hire–the latter being Ian Puszet who joins as chief customer success officer after a decade working at Avid where as VP he led the global customer care team. Puszet will drive Pixotope’s customer success initiatives, align departments with a customer-centric culture and continue to construct exceptional relationships between Pixotope and its current and potential customers. Meanwhile Karoline Storbråten has been promoted to regional sales manager for Southern Europe. She had served as sales & marketing manager at Pixotope since May 2020 when she joined the company. Another Pixotope veteran, Joachim Ringstad, celebrates his fifth year in the company, now serving as Pixotope’s regional sales manager for the Nordics and Benelux. Ringstad’s journey at The Future Group, the Oslo, Norway-headquartered company behind Pixotope, began in 2016 as information technology manager. Today, he spearheads the expansion of Pixotope’s customer base and the achievement of sales targets for territories including Sweden, Denmark and Norway…..
Blake Lively Is Sued By Crisis Specialist In Latest “It Ends With Us” Litigation
A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film, "It Ends With Us."
Jed Wallace and his company, Street Relations, filed the $7 million lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Tuesday. It says he had nothing to do with any campaign to harm Lively's reputation as she alleged in a court filing.
Wallace is not among the defendants in Lively's federal lawsuit against Baldoni, his production company and publicists, in which she alleges sexual and other harassment during the production and a campaign to smear her after it. The crisis specialist is named in the court papers and the New York Times story published on the day the series of legal battles began in December when Lively filed a complaint.
Lively's lawyers said in a statement that Wallace's lawsuit "is not just a publicity stunt."
"It is transparent retaliation in response to allegations contained within a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint that Ms. Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department," the statement said. "While this lawsuit will be dismissed, we are pleased that Mr. Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows, and that he too will be held accountable in federal court."
In a filing last week in Hays County, Texas, that seeks a deposition from Wallace, Lively alleges he was used by publicists working with Baldoni to weaponize "a digital army around the country, including in New York and Los Angeles, to create, seed, manipulate, and advance disparaging content that appeared to be authentic on social media platforms and internet chat forums."
Wallace's lawsuit says neither he nor his company "had anything to do... Read More