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    Matt Sung joins Imaginary Forces as interactive creative director

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    Matt Sung
    NEW YORK --

    Imaginary Forces has signed interactive creative director Matt Sung.  Sung comes to Imaginary Forces from Razorfish, where he served as associate creative director and design lead for the 2013 responsive website redesign of Mercedes-Benz USA (mbusa.com).  Prior to that, Sung was a design director at Scripps Networks Digital for Food Network and Cooking Channel.     

    Imaginary Forces’ EP/general manager Gabriel Marquez said of Sung,  “His forward-thinking design sensibility, digital fluency, and track record of building digital products and communities are key assets to grow our interactive business.  Moreover, his engagement in the interactive community and creative use of social networks brings an expertise we’ve been anxious to add.”

    In 2007, Sung co-founded and built the online brand and social network design:related, which was featured in the New York Times magazine, Print, How, Advanced Photoshop, Mashable, Print Magazine and the Huffington Post. 

    At Scripps Networks Digital, Sung led a team of visual designers on the #1 food site, FoodNetwork.com, rebranded and relaunched food.com, the largest user-generated recipe website, designed and oversaw CookingChannelTV.com in tandem with the TV Network launch, and worked with the in-house teams to release the initial iOS and Android apps for “Food Network In The Kitchen” in 2010.




    NYC priest who allowed Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a music video in church further stripped of duties

    Tuesday, November 19, 2024
    Former pastor of Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello speaks with parishioners, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson), File

    The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement.

    Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was relieved of "any pastoral oversight or governance role" at his church located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, Bishop Robert Brennan said in a statement issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

    An investigation launched after the video revealed that Gigantiello made unauthorized financial transfers to a former top aide in New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration, which is being investigated on charges of corruption, Brennan said.

    "I am saddened to share that investigations conducted by Alvarez & Marsal and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP have uncovered evidence of serious violations of Diocesan policies and protocols at Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Annunciation Parish," the bishop said. "In order to safeguard the public trust, and to protect church funds, I have appointed Bishop Witold Mroziewski as administrator of the Parish."

    Gigantiello's administrative powers were taken away after Carpenter's video for her hit song "Feather" sparked criticism last November.

    The priest has now also been cut from his pastoral duties, giving Mroziewski "complete authority over the parish," including on liturgical matters, though Gigantiello will still be able to say Mass with Mroziewski's approval, said diocese spokesperson Adriana Rodriguez.

    Brennan, who oversees Catholic churches in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, said he also relieved a deacon who had been appointed as a temporary administrator during the investigation. He... Read More

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