SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL, “THE ESPORTS OBSERVER” — Hi-Rez Studios  will bring its annual Hi-Rez Expo to DreamHack  Atlanta 2018, as part of a new partnership with the gaming/digital festival organizer.

Since 2015, the event has been used by Hi-Rez to not only reveal new games and content, but also to stage multiple esports tournaments. The 2017 Hi-Rez Expo featured the SMITE  and Paladins  World Championships for PC and console, all of which will be part of the DreamHack-hosted Hi-Rez Expo.

WXIA 11 Alive, “The A-Scene” — John Driskell Hopkins the founding member of the Zac Brown Band and his six-piece band will play Smith's Olde Bar on Thursday, October 4 at 7:00 p.m.

WXIA 11-Alive, “The A-Scene” — The 24 hour-a-day festival weekend features all things gaming with nearly $2 million in pro eSports tournaments, cosplay, expos, concerts, and more.

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — A familiar but amplified voice boomed through Atlanta’s City Hall atrium as I walked toward City Council chambers on Monday. “Don’t sell the city down the drain!” it bellowed. Entering the chambers, I could see Derrick Boazman, a former councilman/rabble rouser at the podium. Boazman, first up for citizen comment, was setting the stage for a three-hour public harangue. It was a grand spectacle of noisy democracy, in which dozens of folks ambled up to the mic and voiced concerns about issues dear to them, wrapping their arguments around the monstrosity that is the Gulch Giveaway. Say what you will about the $1.75 billion (with a B!) tax subsidy, opposition to the plan has united Atlantans like few other controversies.

WXIA-11 ALIVE “The A-Scene” — ATLANTA — Premier gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack returns to Atlanta for three days Friday, November 16 – Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the Georgia World Congress Center. DreamHack made its Atlanta debut in 2017 bringing nearly 25,000 visitors from a total of 48 states and 25 countries.

The 24 hour-a-day festival weekend features all things gaming under one roof and will be jam-packed with nearly $2 million in pro esports tournaments, collegiate matches, world famous LAN party, music concerts, cosplay championship, panels, art, activities, expo and more; sponsored by Monster & H4x.

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — A new organization is hoping to development a workforce for the state’s growing entertainment industry, starting with a training program in Clayton County. The group, We Show Up, will help connect people interested in working in films with jobs such as security, protecting sets from damage and assisting productions on crowd control, sanitation, neighborhood notification, permitting and parking. 

GEORGIA ENTERTAINMENT NEWS — “WE SHOW UP” will launch its first pilot entertainment workforce and business development program on Monday, September 10, 2018, in Clayton County, GA (located within the Metro-Atlanta area). WE SHOW UP is designed to provide jobs and business opportunities in the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry (film, TV, music, digital entertainment). Applications are available online, and applicants are encouraged to bring their application in person (or to apply in person) at the Clayton County Community Services Authority building by Thursday, September 6. Applications received after September 6 will be considered for the next session, scheduled to begin in January 2019.

OZ MAGAZINE — DeKalb County creatives and businesses supporting film, television, music and digital entertainment have a new friend. Shelbia Jackson has been named the first Director of the DeKalb Entertainment Commission (DEC). Launched last year, DEC is charged with attracting and expanding the entertainment industry in Georgia’s third-largest county. Jackson has served more than ten years with the Decide DeKalb Development Authority (DDDA), the county’s economic development department, and was in the forefront of establishing the DEC to be a user-friendly agency spanning all aspects of entertainment.

WXIA 11-ALIVE, "THE A-SCENE", ATLATNA — You’ve seen their work “Hidden Figures”, “Stranger Things”, even “La-La Land, “but what you may not know is this. Meet Chris Ledoux, the founder of Crafty Apes Visual Effects. One of Atlanta’s first visual affects companies to be Hollywood’s visual effects essential partner.

The magic of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters is happening in our backyard. The A-Scene’s Francesca Amiker takes us behind the scenes of a visual effects company who’s had a hand in some of our favorite movies and TV shows.

CBS46 ATLANTA, "ASTRID IN THE ATL" — Astrid Martinez goes behind the scenes of "Fear Haus" (filming at Moonshine Post-Production) with Blair Bathory, Molly Coffee and Drew Sawyer.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Fraternal orders such as the Freemasons and the Elks have been around for ages but nowadays are aging and dying off.

So it’s no small feat that executive producers Jim Gavin and Peter Ockowere able to convince AMC - home to high-concept dramas such as “The Walking Dead,” “Preacher” and “Into the Badlands” - to give a series about a fictional so-called secret “Lynx” society set in Long Beach, Calif. a whirl. Called “Lodge 49,” the 10-episode series debuts at 10 p.m. on AMC August 6 and all 10 episodes are available  on AMC Premiere, an upgrade option for Comcast Xfinity and YouTube TV subscribers for an extra$4.99 per month. It was shot largely in metro Atlanta. 

93.1FM THE SUMMIT, AKRON/CANTON/YOUNGSTOWN, OH — John Driskell Hopkins, co-founder of the Zac Brown Band, stopped by our studios to talk with Brad Savage and play some new live solo acoustic tunes before the band's concert tonight at Blossom!