Digital agency Modus Operandi, headed by CEO Miles Dinsmoor, has acquired Dark Matter, a marketing strategy firm with a reputation for developing mobile strategy. Per the deal, Dark Matter founder Angel Evan assumes the role of strategy & analytics for Modus Operandi, which maintains its focus on helping clients with the communications challenge of connecting with the multi-screen, mobile consumer…..Bicoastal editorial house Northern Lights has promoted Jacob Condon to editor. Condon’s story-driven editorial style can be seen in work for such networks as Discovery, TruTV, TBS, Lifetime, Cloo and A&E. He has been with Northern Lights since coming on board as an assistant in 2006, and has steadily worked his way up to editor, cutting a range of broadcast promo projects as well as advertising and branded content assignments for brands including Lancome and Western Union. In addition to editing, Condon pursues his own creative projects and is currently writing, directing and editing the documentary, To Do Justly, which chronicles the life and times of civil rights activist Henry Schwarzschild…..Joel Brand has been named director of video post operations at SpotGenie Partners, LLC, a provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries. Brand comes over after a 10-year stay at Outback Editorial, Atlanta, where he was most recently owner/president and creative postproduction editor….
Gene Hackman Died Of Heart Disease; Hantavirus Claimed His Wife’s Life About One Week Prior
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, authorities revealed Friday. Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said alongside state fire and health officials at a news conference. "Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer's disease," Jarrell said. "He was in a very poor state of health. He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that's what resulted in his death." Authorities didn't suspect foul play after the bodies of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative. Investigators found that the last known communication and activity from Arakawa was Feb. 11 when she visited a pharmacy, pet store and grocery before returning to their gated neighborhood that afternoon, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday. Hackman's pacemaker last showed signs of activity a week later and that he had an abnormal heart rhythm Feb. 18, the day he likely died, Jarrell said. Although there was no reliable way to determine the date and time when both died, all signs point to their deaths coming a week apart, Jarrell said. "It's quite possible he was not aware she was deceased," Jarrell said. Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, said he believes Hackman was severely impaired due to Alzheimer's disease and unable to deal with his wife's death in the last week of his life. "You are talking about very severe Alzheimer's disease that normal people would be in a nursing home or have a nurse, but she was taking care... Read More