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Announcing ¡AU!’s Content & IP Defense Summit, June 24
Join us on June 24 for an online conference on how the media industry can protect itself and its audiences by the imminent threats of disinformation, content piracy and cyberattack.
Video: “White supremacy is not a river in Egypt” – from ¡AU!’s Emergency DEI Summit
At our Emergency DEI Summit our second panel took on the ongoing issue of racial hierarchy and discrimination in the media industry.
Video: “A woman’s place is in the audience and other lies” – from ¡AU!’s Emergency DEI Summit
The first session at our Emergency DEI Summit said groups promoting gender diversity need to keep up the pressure
¡AU! partners with The New Black Film Collective to make diversity great again
¡AU! and The New Black Film Collective (TNBFC) are joining forces to bring the entertainment industry a raft of events pushing for equality and representation.
Emergency summit on the collapse of DEI in the entertainment industry, March 24
Join us on March 24 for an urgent discussion on how media professionals can push back against the dismantling of diversity and inclusion
Flint Focus: Canada available this week, looks at sustainability in Canadian media biz
The next regional deep dive from our friends at The Flint comes out this week. Flint Focus: Canada will survey sustainability in the Canadian film and TV industry.
¡AU! Yes, you!
¡AU! is a new publishing and creative services company. We help creative businesses thrive in an increasingly fragmented, unstable world.
We take as given that we are in a period of rapid transformation – environmentally, socially and technologically.
But we believe that change is opportunity. In the midst of crisis, the power of creativity can imagine new and better futures.
¡AU! is here to help you rethink your creative future. If you want just more of the same, then ¡AU! may not be for you. But if you need a fresh start, a reboot, a new approach, let’s talk.
How can we help?
We listen – ¡AU! wants to hear your story. All of it. We realize the best solutions are often already with you, buried under old habits and what you “should” be doing. We’ll help you uncover them.
We dare – ¡AU! pushes the envelope of what is possible, and wants to help you do the same. We invite you to go one step further to become that leader, that catalyst, that authentic voice that the world needs.
We manifest – ¡AU! transforms your vision into something that creates real change in the real world. We realize your internal goals are important, but your impact on the world is what you’re here for.
Who are we?
¡AU! was launched by writer and publisher Neal Romanek, when he saw that traditional content production wasn’t fit for purpose, especially given the changes ahead in environment and geo-politics.
Neal has spent his entire adult life in the creative industries. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he worked as an animation editor, then a screenwriter for major Hollywood producers.
A dual US/UK national Neal moved to London and edited some of the media industries top publications, helping to launch two of them, FEED and The Flint. He has also hosted and produced more industry professional events than he can count.
He is convinced there’s a better for the media industry to operate that will allow great creators to create better content and get them to audiences who are desperate for something meaningful and useful and in a world full of half-truths and noise.
