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  • Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016
CarMax, others settle U.S. actions over ads on used car safety 
In this Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, a car drives past the CarMax sign at the dealership in Oak Lawn, Ill. (AP Photo/M Spencer Green, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 

CarMax Inc. and two other used-car retailers have settled complaints from federal regulators that they touted their inspections in advertising but failed to disclose that some of the vehicles were under safety recalls and unrepaired.

The Federal Trade Commission on Friday announced the agreements with CarMax, the largest U.S. used-car dealer, Asbury Automotive Group Inc. and West-Herr Automotive Group.

The agency also finalized agreements in similar cases with General Motors Co. and two other retailers.

Under the FTC's proposed consent orders, which are open to public comment through Jan. 17, CarMax, Asbury and West-Herr can't claim that used vehicles are safe unless recall repairs are made or open recalls are disclosed. The companies were not fined.

They also have to notify recent customers by mail that cars they bought as far back as July 1, 2013 may be subject to recalls.

After the public comment period closes, the More

  • Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016
Pitbull video funding controversy leads to shake-up at Florida's tourism agency
In this April 19, 2016 file photo, Pitbull appears at the eMerge Americas technology event in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
By Brendan Farrington
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- 

Florida's tourism marketing agency had a management shake-up Friday after Gov. Rick Scott asked for the CEO to step down for refusing to publicly disclose the agency had paid rapper Pitbull $1 million to promote the state.

Visit Florida CEO Will Seccombe "was in agreement" with the governor's call for leadership changes and he planned to work with the board on that, Visit Florida spokesman Tim DeClaire said in an email.

DeClaire also said that the chief financial officer and chief marketing officer positions "were eliminated" on Friday.

Scott also asked Visit Florida to begin publishing its spending, contracts, salaries, audits and other financial information.

"The notion that Visit Florida spending would not be transparent to the taxpayers is just ridiculous. We must have major reforms at Visit Florida in the weeks ahead that require new leadership," Scott said in a letter to William Talbert, who chairs the agencies board of More

  • Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016
Incumbent Nelson Coates retains post as Art Directors Guild President 
Nelson Coates
LOS ANGELES -- 

Results have been announced in a special rerun of elections held earlier this year for the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800), as mandated by the Department of Labor. 

Incumbent Guild President Nelson Coates defeated Joseph Musso. Jim Wallis defeated incumbent ADG Vice President Patrick DeGreve. Guild Secretary Tom Wilkins defeated challenger Patricia Klawonn, while incumbent Treasurer Oana Bogdan retained her position against Cate Bangs.

Board trustees elected from the four crafts within the Guild are Dawn Snyder, Art Directors (AD); Joel Cohen, Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists (STG); Chad Frey, Set Designers and Model Makers (SDMM), running unopposed, and Marty Kline, Illustrators and Matte Artists (IMA), also unopposed.

Elected to the ADG Council are Judy Cosgrove, Joseph Garrity, John Iacovelli, Vincent Jefferds, Patricia Klawonn, Rachel Robb Kondrath, Dina Lipton. STG Council members elected are Cristina Colissimo, More

  • Friday, Dec. 16, 2016
Oscar Competition Pared Down To 9 Foreign Language Films
A scene from "The Salesman"
LOS ANGELES -- 

Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards®.  Eighty-five films had originally been considered in the category.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors;
Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director;
Denmark, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, director;
Germany, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, director;
Iran, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, director;
Norway, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe, director;
Russia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky, director;
Sweden, “A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm, director;
Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras, director.

Foreign Language More

  • Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016
Gene Allen to be inducted into Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
Gene Allen
LOS ANGELES -- 

Gene Allen, the Oscar®-winning production designer behind My Fair Lady, A Star is Born and Les Girls, will be inducted into the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Hall of Fame at the 21st Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards, announced today by ADG Council chairperson Marcia Hinds and awards producer Thomas Wilkins. The ceremony will be held Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.

In making the announcement, Hinds said, “We celebrate Gene as a legendary and iconic production designer. Gene made an enormous contribution to the art of production design and art direction through his love of color, form and dramatic design. He was a visionary, a leader in the industry, an advocate of the profession and an inspiration to us all.” 

Allen, who passed away at the age of 97 last year, made his mark not only as a production designer but as a respected executive within the More

  • Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016
Florida agency paid Pitbull $1M for "Sexy Beaches" promotion 
In this April 19, 2016 file photo, Pitbull appears at the eMerge Americas technology event in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
By Brendan Farrington
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- 

Rapper Pitbull released his $1 million contract with Florida's tourism marketing agency via Twitter on Thursday, two days after the House speaker sued to find out details of the agreement that included the production of a video for the song "Sexy Beaches."

Pitbull tweeted "*FULL DISCLOSURE - FLORIDA*" with a link to the 11-page agreement to produce the "Sexy Beaches" video for Visit Florida and to promote the hashtag #LOVEFL on his social media sites and during concerts.

House Speaker Richard Corcoran filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an attempt to have details of the contract disclosed. Visit Florida refused to say how much it paid the rapper, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, or details of the arrangement, saying it was a trade secret.

Corcoran found that unacceptable, saying taxpayers should now how Visit Florida was spending its money.

"It is unfortunate that it took litigation to lift the veil of secrecy on this More

  • Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016
NBC to launch all-Olympic channel in deal with IOC, USOC 
Athletes pose for picture with performers during the closing ceremony in the Maracana stadium at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

NBC is bringing year-round Olympic programming to the United States.

After years of trying, the U.S and International Olympic Committees have agreed with NBC on a package that will offer year-round Olympic programming, focused on U.S. athletes, the parties announced Thursday. NBC will launch a new U.S. television network branded "Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA" in the second half of 2017.

Scott Blackmun, the CEO of the USOC, calls the partnership "a wonderful way to turbocharge one of fastest-growing fan bases that's out there."

That channel will complement the IOC's Olympic Channel, which launched on a worldwide digital platform after the Rio Games.

The programming will include archival footage and documentaries, along with original Team USA programming contributed by the USOC.

Mark Parkman, general manager of the Olympic Channel, said the IOC is planning on producing 250 hours of original programming per year. More

  • Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016
FCC Chairman Wheeler to resign on Inauguration Day 
In this March 17, 2015, file photo, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on net neutrality on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)
By Tali Arbel, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The head of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasters, phone and cable companies, says he will step down in January as President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

That will leave a 2-1 Republican majority at the commission, which next year is likely to start paring back or overturning the measures that Chairman Tom Wheeler pushed through in his three years at the FCC.

The former cable- and wireless-industry lobbyist championed policies that were intended to protect consumers and that rankled the phone and cable industries, including new "net neutrality" rules that prevent internet service providers from favoring their own sites and consumer online-privacy rules.

It's typical for the FCC chairman to leave with a new administration, but there had been speculation that Wheeler might stay on. The agency is led by four commissioners and a chairman, and Wheeler could have stepped down as chairman and stayed as a More

  • Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016
Twitter adds ability to broadcast live videos from app 
In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, the Twitter logo appears on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Twitter reports financial results Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Twitter is adding the ability for users to broadcast live video directly from its app as it seeks to distinguish itself among social media rivals as the place for real-time connections and discussions.

The move follows Facebook, which launched live broadcasts for public figures in 2015 and everyone else this April, along with a bevy of smaller competitors that include Twitter's own Periscope app.

Twitter says it is not shutting Periscope down. Rather, the company hopes that the new Twitter feature will broaden its appeal.

Live video - by regular people as well as curated creations from celebrities - is growing. Twitter touts itself as the place to see what's happening now, and has had several livestreaming deals, including with the NFL and CBS News for the presidential debates.

  • Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016
Nanci Ryder to be honored at ICG Publicists Awards
Nanci Ryder
LOS ANGELES -- 

Nanci Ryder, founding partner of B|W|R Public Relations, will receive the President’s Award at the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) 54th Annual Publicists Awards Luncheon to be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on February 24, 2017.

In announcing the award, the Guild’s national president Steven Poster, ASC said, “Nanci is my definition of a hero. In the midst of a remarkable career representing some of Hollywood’s top stars, she learns that she has ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease. But instead of feeling sorry for herself she has led efforts and raised money to help others suffering from this debilitating sickness.”

For more than three decades Ryder earned a reputation as one of the entertainment industry’s most influential publicists, with an ability to recognize and cultivate emerging talent. Ryder provided public relations counsel for such clients as Renée Zellweger, Michael J. Fox, Reese Witherspoon and Leonardo More

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