It’s a shame so many good shops are shutting their doors. But The industry is so fragile. Everyone is trying to underbid the next guy and margins are extremely thin. It doesn’t help that there’s always the push from studios (or clients) to get something twice as good for half the price & half the time. 

I just worry that commercial (as in commissioned by agencies or clients, not necessarily broadcast) motion design might suffer a similar fate. 

Recently, their After Effects workflow was posted on digitalartwork.net. It’s a little rough and they fully admit they’re new to the mograph game, but it’s always interesting to see how someone else works.

Now if only other papers would realize Internet distribution offers more than digital copies of their print.

Here’s the New Your Times’ demo reel: