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industry_studios [2017/02/11 09:35] – [Asset Transfer] adds lack of Bawden reply Carlos Pedrazaindustry_studios [2018/12/18 14:14] (current) – [A Grim Coda] corrects date Carlos Pedraza
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 September 26, 2016</wrap> September 26, 2016</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>See also: //[[studio_ownership|Another Company Emerges in Axanar Studio Ownership]]// and //[[investor_group|Investor Group Plans to Buy Axanar's Studio Assets]]//</wrap> 
  
 **WITH THE** //formal opening of the for-profit studio Alec Peters built using money supporters donated to produce //Axanar, **AxaMonitor**//'s investigation into the companies behind the studio revealed a complete lack of transparency about who stands to financially benefit from the facility.// **WITH THE** //formal opening of the for-profit studio Alec Peters built using money supporters donated to produce //Axanar, **AxaMonitor**//'s investigation into the companies behind the studio revealed a complete lack of transparency about who stands to financially benefit from the facility.//
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 +<wrap lo>See also: //[[studio_ownership|Another Company Emerges in Axanar Studio Ownership]]//, //[[investor_group|Investor Group Plans to Buy Axanar's Studio Assets]]//, //[[studio_move|Alec Peters Strikes Deal with Studio Landlord, Moving Out]]// and //[[luh_studios|Axanar's Abandoned Former Studio Continues to Flail]]//</wrap>
  
 Producer [[Alec Peters]] has formally opened the studio he built with money from donors to make //Axanar//, with a new website and a Facebook business page. Producer [[Alec Peters]] has formally opened the studio he built with money from donors to make //Axanar//, with a new website and a Facebook business page.
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 And if he is a member of the investors' group, then he would have an interest in Axanar Productions, contrary to Bawden's claim. And if he is a member of the investors' group, then he would have an interest in Axanar Productions, contrary to Bawden's claim.
  
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> A court document filed January 5, 2017, revealed another company, of whom Alec Peters is the sole-owner, holds the lease to the building housing Industry Studios. [[studio_ownership|Read more »]]</wrap>+<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> A court document filed January 5, 2017, revealed another company, of which Alec Peters is the sole owner, holds the lease to the building housing Industry Studios. [[studio_ownership|Read more »]]</wrap>
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 > I'm not going to talk about that until we release all that information to the donors. Let's be very clear: People say we built a for-profit studio. Totally false. There is basically a building that has two years left on its lease. Someone needs to pay for that. An asset is something tangible that is worth money that you can go out and sell. We have no such asset.(([[https://youtu.be/ZcPjJKzRdK4|Alec Peters interview, TREKZONE Spotlight YouTube Channel]], 4/3/16.)) > I'm not going to talk about that until we release all that information to the donors. Let's be very clear: People say we built a for-profit studio. Totally false. There is basically a building that has two years left on its lease. Someone needs to pay for that. An asset is something tangible that is worth money that you can go out and sell. We have no such asset.(([[https://youtu.be/ZcPjJKzRdK4|Alec Peters interview, TREKZONE Spotlight YouTube Channel]], 4/3/16.))
  
-However, there appeared to be something of value in the studio, as Peters went on to offer a 2 percent stake in it to former chief technologist [[Terry McIntosh]] in May 2016 in exchange for McIntosh's [[Ares Digital]] software, which was intended to fulfill perks from the crowdfunding campaigns, but [[ares_digital_update|utterly failed]]. McIntosh turned down the offer, saying the investment was [[axanar_finances|too speculative]] to be worth the value of the software. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+However, there appeared to be something of value in the studio, as Peters went on to offer a 2 percent stake in it to former chief technologist [[Terry McIntosh]] in May 2016 in exchange for McIntosh's [[Ares Digital]] software, which was intended to fulfill perks from the crowdfunding campaigns, but [[ares_digital_update|utterly failed]]. McIntosh turned down the offer, saying the investment was [[axanar_finances|too speculative]] to be worth the value of the software
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 +===== A Grim Coda ===== 
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 +<wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> In a [[luh_studios|grim coda]] to the story of Axanar's ill-fated studio, its landlord died unexpectedly in January 2018, throwing into confusion assurances Peters gave donors when he was forced to [[studio_move|vacate the premises]] after running out of money to pay the rent. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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