New York Yankee's shortstop Derek Jeter teamed up with Shooting Stars Post, Inc., ARTMIX, Nike and Wieden + Kennedy for a commercial shoot at SSP's studio on February 2, 2006.

SSP provided complete production services to ARTMIX's Photographer Kai Regan, known world wide for the iPod silhouette images. "We were really excited to have the opportunity to work with such a well know photographer, crew, talent and agency. Wieden + Kennedy and ARTMIX are consistently known for creating brilliant campaigns worldwide. They were great to work with and as usual Derek was great!" said President of SSP John Samaha.

More than a digital production firm, Shooting Stars offers film crews, more than 4,000 square feet of studio space, state-of-the-art digital recording and editing gear, and complete in-house production capabilities.

Shooting Stars Post, Inc. (SSP) recently acquired new equipment that will improve the quality and speed of its many digital production projects. The South Tampa digital production firm purchased the Academy Award® winning Maya® software to improve on its already distinguished digital production projects.

"Maya®, powered by the 3D Boxx work station will allow us to produce high-quality results in half the time with almost any project," said Seth Piguet, director of multimedia for SSP and certified Maya® user.

One area SSP will utilize the new software will be building renderings for its many real estate development projects in and around the Tampa Bay area.

"We will be able to achieve better renderings in much less time," said Piguet. "It will allow us to bring the building to life before the ground is even broken."

SSP will also use the new additions in areas such as broadcast production, CD-ROM projects and other dynamic media outlets. Owner of SSP John Samaha said the firm's new additions would allow them to enhance their services in every aspect of digital production.

"From Web-based projects to movies and video games, this equipment would allow Shooting Stars to become more diverse in the competitive Tampa Bay digital production market," said Samaha.

Larry Divney will stepped down from his perch as MTV Networks president of ad sales, transitioning from his day-to-day role at the company to a somewhat less labor-intensive role as an exclusive consultant.

Artie Scheff, senior vp of marketing for A&E Television Networks, parted ways with the company.

ABC sales president Mike Shaw has thrown down the gauntlet to media buyers, stating in no uncertain terms that he does not plan to write business in the 2006-07 upfront with media agencies that insist on using only Nielsen Media Research "live" ratings as the measurement currency.

Clear Channel reorganized its executive management for its stations in some of its largest markets, including New York, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, reports Katy Bachman. In an internal email to managers, John Hogan, CEO for Clear Channel announced three management changes and the sudden exit of Andy Rosen, one of the company's top executives who headed up the six New York stations, including top-rated WLTW-FM.

David Pecker, chairman/CEO of American Media Inc., poached his second big name from his former stomping grounds, reported Lisa Granatstein. Joining AMI within the next two weeks will be David Leckey, formerly Hachette Filipacchi Media senior vp, consumer marketing, who becomes executive vp, consumer marketing.