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☆ How GKids Became the A24 of Animation
  + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Carlos Aguilar | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The hand-drawn movie has a real shot at winning and becoming the first GKids release to do so. How has a small outfit focused on animation managed to have such an outsized effect in Hollywood? Eric Beckman, a former music industry executive, founded GKids with the intent of redefining American audiences’ perception of animation as more than a children’s medium. At the time, family-friendly, computer-generated and stylistically similar studio productions had an even tighter stronghold on animation in the United States than they do today. GKids has since filled a precious gap by consistently releasing bold animated work from around the world.
Persons: Kells ”, Hayao Miyazaki’s, Eric Beckman, GKids, ” Organizations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences, Ghibli Locations: GKids, Hollywood, United States
☆ Frustrated by healthcare's failings, the rich are investing in biotech to live longer and healthier
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
AdvertisementWinter is part of a growing group of family office principals, including heirs like himself and first-generation entrepreneurs, who are making direct investments in pursuit of longer and healthier lives. They are in good company; longevity startups drew global investment of more than $5.2 billion in 2022 , according to a venture capital firm, Longevity Tech Fund, which used PitchBook data. She and some of her clients are investors in Maximon, a Switzerland-based longevity fund that includes "healthspan clinics" in its portfolio. Eric Becker, cofounder of wealth manager Cresset , and his two sons founded a family office and picked Blue Zone Foods as its first investment. Courtesy of CressetFor Becker, whose daughter died of leukemia at 21, and his family, longevity is not an abstract topic.
Persons: Maximilian Winter, doggedly, Lyme, Fritz Winter, Peter Thiel, There's, Peter Fioretti, David Sinclair, Kathrin Genovese, ultrarich, Genovese, Eric Becker, Cresset, Dan Yadegar, Becker, Johnny Walker Organizations: Longevity Tech Fund, Harmonix, Biotech, UBS, Winter's Harmonix Fund, Blue, Foods, Becker Venture Partners, Newpath Partners Locations: Santa Barbara, Quinta , California, Maximon, Switzerland, Zurich
☆ Delta beefs up Austin flights in battle for fast-growing airport
  + stars: | 2023-12-15 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Delta Air Lines is adding more flights next year at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, in a bid to gain market share in one of the country's fastest-growing airports. The carrier plans to add 11 nonstop flights from Austin in April, giving it almost 50 peak-day flights, the airline said Friday. Flight additions include Midland-Odessa and McAllen in Texas, as well as Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina, Nashville and Cincinnati. "For us here at Delta, Texas has historically been a white space for opportunity on our network." Delta had a market share of close to 14% in Austin as of September, behind Southwest Airlines ' 40% share and American's 22%, according to airport data.
Persons: Eric Beck, Beck Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Austin, Bergstrom International Airport, American Airlines, IBM, Southwest Airlines Locations: Austin, Midland, Odessa, McAllen, Texas, Raleigh, Durham, North Carolina, Nashville, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Delta , Texas, U.S, Delta
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