Let’s take a look at what our company’s publications are writing about this week:
A Louisiana State Rep. wants the anniversaries of both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita (the forgotten sequel) to become paid holidays for state workers, according to our Deon Roberts. Strikes me as highly ironic, given the poor performance of the state government […]
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Posted in Accounting, Crime, Employees, Law on Jan 18th, 2008
A week has passed since we posted this item about Axium International, a payroll firm that suddenly closed its doors and went bankrupt. Since then, the firm’s primary financier has sued two principles, John Visconti and Ronald Garber, and has made a number of stunning allegations. Many details are at the […]
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Posted in Accounting, Employees, Media on Jan 8th, 2008
*Updates added at bottom.
Could be the writers’ strike, could be the IRS, could be something else, but Axium International, a firm that handles payroll and other financial matters for major-studio and independent film productions, abruptly shut its doors today and told its employees to go home.
The Hollywood Reporter quotes sources as saying company president […]
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Actor and writer Eric Bogosian has an insightful take on why the AMPTP is taking such a hard line against the WGA that I’ve seen yet. He e-mailed his hypothesis to top entertainment industry reporter Nikke Finke, and it’s up on her blog.
Bogosian says, in essence, that entertainment producers are worried about how […]
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