Vox Talk

This week, you’ll hear about the new voice actors category through the British Animation Awards, an update on the Writers Guild strike and meet the voice of professional golf.

News

Activision to merge with Vivendi

Our top story as published by the Hollywood Reporter is a move that will likely revise the video game landscape. Vivendi has agreed to pay $9.8 billion to merge its Vivendi Games unit with Activision Inc. and take a controlling stake in the new firm, which will be called Activision Blizzard. According to sources, the new gaming giant would house such hit franchises as "World of Warcraft" -- the world's biggest massively multiplayer online role-playing game with more than 9.3 million subscribers -- "Guitar Hero" and "Tony Hawk," and it will match or overtake market leader Electronic Arts in key performance measures.

To learn more go to Hollywood Reporter.com

Marc Cashman Opens One-on-One Voice Coaching

Los Angeles-based voice actor and prominent voice over coach Marc Cashman has recently announced his new one-on-one voice coaching services. After much demand and increasing requests, Marc will be teaching students privately through telecoaching and email.

Want to know more? You can call Marc at area code (661) 222-9300 or email him at cashcomm@earthlink.net that's cashcomm at earthlink .net

Voice Casting Podcast

To wrap up, I’d like to announce a new podcast produced by Voices.com called Voice Casting. The podcast takes the concept of voice casting and spins it on its head, turning this intimidating craft from an art into a science for first time customers of voice over services. Now anybody can find the perfect voice for their project and sit in the casting directors chair comfortably and confidently.

If you'd like to listen to the first several episodes, you can go to podcasts.voices.com/voicecasting or find the podcast in the iTunes Podcast Directory.