New York-based Action Sports Adventure Productions (ASA) provided the footage for "Reflex Action," Anheuser-Busch’s national Bud Light campaign featuring ’99 U.S. Women’s National Soccer star Julie Foudy, via DDB Chicago. Over the past year, ASA has produced 35mm film footage of the ’98 Goodwill Games and for clients such as Nike, Reebok, Time Warner, ESPN, Turner Sports, FOX Television and The Women’s Sports Foundation, as well as UPS and others….Energy Film Library, headquartered in Studio City, Calif., announced the release of hundreds of hours of rare archival footage including imagery of celebrities and historical figures and events, scientific achievements and stupid inventions, as well as home movies from the ’20s, public hygiene films from the ’40s and ’50s, and cartoons from the ’70s….Mark Cass was named managing director of the Stills Division of The Image Bank (TIB), New York. He previously served as managing director of TIB/U.K. Cass will implement product regionalization in his new position, with photography and illustration geared toward the needs of clients in Europe, North America, Asia and South America….New York-based Breeze International provided footage for Secrets of the Soviet Space Disasters, part of the "History Undercover" series for the History Channel. The footage reveals mishaps of the Soviet space programs, including unsuccessful launches, explosions and malfunctions in space resulting in human tragedies. Breeze has exclusive rights to the Russian library of more than 200,000 films and videos on such subjects as aviation, animals, the cosmos, culture, the Czar and history…. Archive Photos, New York, has entered an agreement with The Anne Frank House for exclusive worldwide representation of the Anne Frank Photo Collection, which is comprised almost entirely of photos found in both the diary of Anne Frank and the Frank family photo albums….
Microsoft Report Says Efforts By Russia, Iran and China To Sway U.S. Voters May Escalate
Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election –- and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday.
Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot Republicans who are critical of China, the company's threat intelligence arm said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Iranian actors who allegedly sent emails aimed at intimidating U.S. voters in 2020 have been surveying election-related websites and major media outlets, raising concerns they could be preparing for another scheme this year, the tech giant said.
The report serves as a warning – building on others from U.S. intelligence officials – that as the nation enters this critical final stretch and begins counting ballots, the worst influence efforts may be yet to come. U.S. officials say they remain confident that election infrastructure is secure enough to withstand any attacks from American adversaries. Still, in a tight election, foreign efforts to influence voters are raising concern.
Microsoft noted that some of the disinformation campaigns it tracks received little authentic engagement from U.S. audiences, but others have been amplified by unwitting Americans, exposing thousands to foreign propaganda in the final weeks of voting.
Russia, China and Iran have all rejected claims that they are seeking to meddle with the U.S. election.
"The presidential elections are the United States' domestic affairs. China has no intention and will not interfere in the US election," the Chinese Embassy said in a statement.
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