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Reuters
- March 29, 2012
The Daily Telegraph
- March 29, 2012
The Huffington Post
- March 23, 2012
20 Minutes
- March 20, 2012
Het Nieuwsblad
- March 15, 2012
NRC Handelsblad
- March 15, 2012
Radio Television
Belge Francophone
(RTBF)
- March 15, 2012
Bild
- March 14, 2012
Focus
- March 14, 2012
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Denver
- February 21, 2012
Space.com
- February 10, 2012
Business Insider
- February 2, 2012
The Globe and Mail
- January 20, 2012
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- January 10, 2012
The Age
- December 8, 2011
Le Monde
- December 2, 2011
The New York Times
- October 31, 2011
Wired
- October 19, 2011
International Press Institute
- September 28, 2011
zdf.de
- September 28, 2011
Financial Times
- September 19, 2011
Discovery News
- August 31, 2011
WUSA
- August 25, 2011
WUSA
- August 15, 2011
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New York Post
- July 14, 2011
The Denver Post
- June 24, 2011
KMGH Denver
- June 23, 2011
Irish Times
- April 26, 2011
Behind the Wall - NBC News
- April 15, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
- February 11, 2011
CNN
- February 7, 2011
The Guardian
- January 31, 2011
Time
- December 23, 2010
ABC News
- December 17, 2010
Variety
- December 3, 2010
Jimmy Lai: Taiwanese Toons Skewer Western News
- "While most news outlets simply report what's already happened, Taiwan's Next Media Animation recreates, using quickie CG reenactments of key events... to capture the absurdity of American culture."
ABC World News
- October 4, 2010
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The Conversation: Next Media Animation
- "...blending news and entertainment into a viral web sensation." "NMA animators have illustrated some of the biggest news stories around, racking up millions of YouTube hits with their quirky work."
Wired Magazine
- August 30, 2010
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Taiwan Tabloid Sensation Next Media Re-Creates the News
- "The idea of cartoonifying the news hit Lai in a brilliant flash. In October 2007, he shared his idea with the rest of his staff. They could gin up exclusive footage of the most bizarre, the most titillating, the most scandalous events of the day."
Bloomberg Businessweek
- August 26, 2010
Innovator: Jimmy Lai
- "Seen the animated clips of Tiger Woods or the Jet Blue guy? Lai's quick-draw news operation made them—and there's more where those came from."
Time
- August 23, 2010
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The Taiwan Company That's Turnings News into Cartoons
- "To be sure, Next Media's clips - for better or for worse - have no shortage of attitude. ... Lai thought about people under 40 who grew up playing video games and watching TV and realized that they belonged to an 'image generation.' The next innovation in news would be a visual one, he decided."
The Wall Street Journal
- August 12, 2010
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AOL News
- August 11, 2010
Kotaku
- July 6, 2010
Animation Magazine
- May 25, 2010
Next Media Animation draws attention to the news
- "You may not know Hong Kong-based Next Media Animation by name, but if you've watched the news in the past six months or check out YouTube clips regularly, you have certainly seen their "ripped from the headlines" handiwork."
The Hollywood Reporter
- April 15, 2010
Next Media inks deals with Turner, BBC
- "[Next Media creates] 3D animated news clips created on the hop by around 180 artists at a studio outside Taipei using avatars and motion-capture technology to recreate breaking news stories."
The Globe and Mail
- April 15, 2010
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News clip fad aims for hole in one
- "The Taiwanese firm responsible for the now-infamous animated Tiger Woods car crash video wants you to know that news animation is serious business."
Digital Journal
- April 14, 2010
The Guardian
- February 26, 2010
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CNN
- February 1, 2010
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Boing Boing
- January 19, 2010
XeniJardin
- "If only this news org would offer an entire 24-hour channel of this stuff! I don't care that I can't understand the dialogue—all I need to know is in that sweet, sweet CGI."
The New York Times
- December 5, 2009
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