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Awards | Business
| Commercials | Events
| Films | In Passing
Internet & Interactive | People
| Places | Television
Awards
- Walt Disney Inducted Into Inventors Hall Of Fame
- Old Man Wins Annecy
- WAC’s World Animation Competition Winners
- MTV Awards The Matrix
- WAC's Internet Winners
- Congress Bestows Gold Medal On Peanuts Creator
- First Chuck Jones Award Presented To Edinboro Student
 http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Awards
Business
- Microsoft Buys Bungie Software
- Activision Restructures Into New Holding Company
- Sony Acquires On-line Gaming Company Verant Interactive
- Italy’s Mondo TV Goes Public
- SteeleVFX Sets Up Santa Monica Headquarters
- ILM Enters 3D Animation Game
- Animation Stock Ticker For Wednesday, June 14, 2000
- Cinar's Insurance Company Investigates
- Spain’s Terra Injects Lycos With $17 Billion
- Nintendo Sues SongBoy.Com
- Roth´s Revolution $3 Billion Backers Revealed
- Pulse Gets $35M Jump Start
- Game Makers Sink Web Pirates
- Viacom´s UPN Ultimatum: Profit or Ax
- BKN Acquires Arles Animation
- Microsoft Split Ordered By Judge
- Cinar Sued Over Stock Options
- Megamerger of AT&T & MediaOne Oked
- Cinar Waits For $10M As CFO Steps Down
- Black Logic Launches Broadband Branch
- Vancouver Firm Enters Co-Production Deal With South African Sasani
- Wild Brain Bursts With $20M In Financing
- Millimages Moves To The Net
- UTV Signs $65M Toon Deal With Funbag
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Business
Commercials
- Duck Soup Studios Puts A Smile On Wal-Mart Spot
- Acme Filmworks Finishes Anime Ads for Rally´s
- Renegade Creates Cool Quiz For Cheetos´ Chester
- JJ Sedelmaier Keeps It Simple For People´s Bank Ad
- iXL Scores With ESPN "Champions of the World" Spot
- TOPIX/Mad Dog Chases Penguin & Monkeys For Visa
- Interface Catches Center For Disease Control PSAs
- Film Roman Revs Up Commercial Content
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Commercials
Events
- Spike & Mike Back In L.A.
- Roy Disney Chat's On-Line
- Nick Park & Peter Lord Book Signing
- First Annual Queer Short Movie Awards
- 8th International Short Film Festival Curtas Metragens
- Web Animation Lecture With Toon Boom, SLM & Wild Brain
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Events
Films
- Titan A.E. & Fantasia Feel The Shaft
- Foodfight Breaks Out At Threshold
- Digimon Makes It to Theatres
- Harry Potter Conjured in Leavesden
- Gladiator Gaining Riches Around The World
- Powerpuff Girls Flying To The Big Screen
- Mission 2 Has Gone From The Top Spot
- DreamWorks´ Shrek Shines On Imax
- Lee´s 7th Portal Opens In Theatres
- Mission’s Major Nod Downunder, Gladiator Still Global Ruler
- Titan A.E. Beamed To Supercomm
- Study Says G-Rating Stands For Grotesque Violence
- DreamWorks Darling Truly A Global Gladiator
- Mission Mounted Atop Historic Box Office Weekend
- TV Detective Derrick Animates Theatres
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Films
In Passing
- Shoe Comic Strip Creator Passes
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=In%Passing
Internet and Interactive
- Jim Belushi Gets Greedy With Shockwave
- Plympton Mutates AtomFilms
- Wire Breaks Loose Three Net Toons
- Mondo Media Summons Six New Series
- John K Plays It Cool With Icebox
- Lycos Launches Three Toon Net-works
- Shockwave Funds Artists Management Group
- DC Characters Come To WB On-Line
- Toys'R'Us and Nickelodeon On-line Form E-commerce Alliance
- Writer´s Guild Guards Web Work
- Sammy Gets Stuck On The Web
- Oblongs Waddle Onto Web
- Verysmallcity Grows At Angoulême
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Internet%and%Interactive
People
- Producer Tisch Joins Film Roman Board
- Disney Staff Defects To Stan Lee Media
- Pixar’s Levy Named CEO At Shockwave
- Disney Chooses Chu As New VP Animation
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=People
Places
- Rugrats Magic Adventure! Toddles To Universal Studios
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Television
- Spears Seduces The Trousers Off Prince William
- Harvey Launches Walter Miller’s Homepage On TV
- Slate of Nick Toons Coming to CBS
- Nelvana To Make Doctor Dolittle Talk On TV
- pasi & BKN Kids Partner To Produce Kong
- The Pussycats Go Punk
- Clerks Has Been Fired
- Dilbert Exec Producer Catches Tick
- Heavy Metal 2000 Sees Starz On TV
- Noggin Nods Yes On Four New Toons
- Thomas the Tank Engine Producer Pulls Into Nick, Par & Disney
- Rugrats Sweep Up Nielsen Ratings
http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Television
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