Animation World Network
{{Short description|Online publishing agency dedicated to animation}}
{{Infobox website
| logo = Animation World Network logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| url = {{url|awn.com}}
| commercial = No
| type = News, animation
| registration = Not Available
| owner = Ron Diamond and Dan Sarto
| author = Ron Diamond and Dan Sarto
| launch_date = April 1, 1996
| current_status = Active
}}
Animation World Network (often just "AWN") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans.{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://www.awn.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961029165101/http://www.awn.com/ |archive-date=1996-10-29 |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=AWN.com |publisher=Animation World Network}}{{Cite web |title=Animation World Magazine |url=http://mag.awn.com:80/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010509141250/http://mag.awn.com:80/ |archive-date=2001-05-09 |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=AWN.com |publisher=Animation World Network}}{{Cite news |last=Verrier |first=Richard |date=June 8, 2010 |title=Technicolor Shows Its Creative Side |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-08-la-fi-ct-technicolor-20100608-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618071540/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/08/business/la-fi-ct-technicolor-20100608 |archive-date=2012-06-18 |access-date=2015-03-30 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Content
Specifically, AWN covers animator profiles, independent film distribution, major animation studio activities, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies, as well as current events in all fields of animation.
AWN also publishes print magazines. The magazines are Animation World,{{Cite news |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=February 12, 2001 |title=Review: 'Animation World Network' |url=https://variety.com/2001/digital/reviews/animation-world-network-1200466821/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328225853/https://variety.com/2001/digital/reviews/animation-world-network-1200466821/ |archive-date=2022-03-28 |access-date=2015-03-30 |work=Variety}} dedicated to animation in general, and VFX World,{{Cite news |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Breznican |date=March 18, 2007 |title='Shrek': The More the Merrier |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-05-17-shrek_N.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085527/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-05-17-shrek_N.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2015-03-30 |work=USA Today}} which focuses on special effects and computer-generated imagery.
History
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In 1995, Ron Diamond partnered with Dan Sarto and founded the Animation World Network. A year after Toy Story debuted, Sarto and Diamond produced their first issue. "Back then there weren't many people publishing on the Internet, but we decided to go online and bypass print altogether; not just for cost reasons but because animators are always ahead of the curve when it comes to exploring new technologies," Diamond said.{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2008 |title=Drawing 'Em In |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2008/sep/22/drawing-em-in/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509105615/https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2008/sep/22/drawing-em-in/ |archive-date=2021-05-09 |access-date=2020-08-13 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.awn.com}}
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Category:Internet properties established in 1996