Congrats, you’re fired!

At HubSpot, the software company where I worked for almost two years, when you got fired, it was called “graduation.” We all would get a cheery email from the boss saying, “Team, just letting you know that X has graduated and we’re all excited to see how she uses her...

ICYMI: An open letter from tech workers

As tech workers and tech users, we share an interest with many British Columbians in seeing on-demand ride services like Uber become part of the range of transportation options in our province. Our experience in the tech sector gives us a distinct perspective on the...

VFX artists move to unionize

U.K. union BECTU has been growing its VFX membership. The global visual-effects community has been asking for better working conditions for years — even staging rallies at the 2013 and 2014 Academy Awards to raise awareness of the issue, but not resulting in an...

More Meatballs

DHX Media has signed a far-reaching deal with Turner Broadcasting for the new animated television series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series based on the Sony Pictures Animation blockbuster film franchise. The 26 x 22’ animated series which DHX Media is...

Ciao Bardel

Two family-run companies have united following a deal that further exemplifies a consolidating animation industry. Italy-based entertainment specialist Rainbow, Europe’s largest animation studio and home to the billion-dollar Winx Club franchise, has acquired...