Yes. You can call me Blog.

In fact, according to Liz Gannes and the good folks at Newteevee, you can call me one of the Five New Media Blogs Worth Reading.

Nice. Even more nice is the fact that jakezim.com is the first one listed, which despite the reality that there’s probably no particular value attributable to the order, is a big win for a guy who’s last name has always put him at the end of the line.

I really appreciate the support from the community, the readers, my sources and the Safran Digital squad who help make the pixels shine. Much thanks.

Keep on rocking in a free world.

Today, Safran Digital went public with the details of our partnership with Xbox. In particular, we’ve announced the directors for our slate of original web video pilots, which launch this fall to coincide with Xbox’s user-interface redesign.

The directors involved include James Wan (Saw, Death Sentence), David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy), James Gunn (Slither), Lucky McKee (May), Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror) and Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th).

I’m extremely proud of the filmmakers and their camps, the deal we’ve put together and what I believe it represents for the future of digital content economics. (more…)