Loved Magix Software has acquired Sony Creative Software

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Sony Creative Software Portfolio goes to MAGIX

Berlin, May 23, 2016 – MAGIX Software GmbH and Sony Creative Software Inc. have agreed that the German software and app provider will acquire the award-winning Sony Creative Software products as well as additional company assets.

Sony Creative Software has been setting benchmarks in the area of digital media design for years with their globally successful product lines targeted at every type of user and their industry-leading technology. Now the company is setting its focus elsewhere and letting go of nearly all of its software programs, tools, and audio collections.

Hi vkmast,

I've been searching for a link to an article other than the post on the Sony forum. Have you seen anything?

www.linkedin.com/pulse/magix-aquires-sonys-video-editing-music-software-today-klaus-schmidt?articleId=6140572451404337153#comments-6140572451404337153&trk=prof-post

Thanks vkmast, that certainly does answer a few questions, and of course something like this always leaves a few unanswered.

Thanks for the info. Have read the news. Hopefully this is a step forward, and looking forward to the new version.

BTW... welcome back Derek, and thanks for holding the fort EagleSix. Have been watching the forum. Good job.

From the SCS forum

Subject: RE: Bye Sony, Hi Magix !
Reply by: ForumAdmin Sony Creative Software Moderator
Date: 5/24/2016

A few clarifications:

Catalyst Browse and Catalyst Production Suite will continue to be developed by Sony for professional broadcast and production applications.

Magix will continue to support all current SCS customers who purchased products from Sony to ensure a seamless end user experience.

The following was published by Magix CEO in LinkedIn as early as April 29, 2016. Seems nobody paid attention at the time or was in a position to say much about it.

Opening our new Develoment Studio in USA / Madison Wi soon. We are hiring. Looking for senior software developer

vkmast wrote: The following was published by Magix CEO in LinkedIn as early as April 29, 2016. Seems nobody paid attention at the time or was in a position to say much about it.

Opening our new Develoment Studio in USA / Madison Wi soon. We are hiring. Looking for senior software developer

Thank you vkmast for sharing this info.
I have posted this new information in the Community Forum section as well.
www.moviestudiozen.com/forum/announcements/954-sony-creative-software-s-major-products-have-been-officially-sold-to-magix-software#4053

Chris Dolan (who, while working on Vegas Pro 12 and maybe 13, was one of the few SCS contributors on their forum) posted the following on his public Google+ page.

"MAGIX has acquired Vegas Pro and several other Sony software applications. MAGIX did not purchase Catalyst Browse, Catalyst Prepare, nor Catalyst Edit (and some others) -- those are products I will continue to work on here at Sony.

Some of my former Sony colleagues have taken jobs with MAGIX (in fact, MAGIX appears to be hiring more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/openi...-klaus-schmidt ). I truly wish them well and I believe that Vegas has a strong future. A number of those people were part of Sonic Foundry before Sony purchased Vegas from them back in 2003, so this transition has an interesting precedent."

Further to the post above:

From Gary Rebholz's (a long-time member of Sonic Foundry and SCS staff) LinkedIn page:

"I'm excited to announce that I have accepted the position of Product Owner with Magix. I will be leading the development team as we shape the future of Vegas Pro and Vegas Movie Studio, now owned by Magix."

A quick look into LinkedIn profiles show some other SCS staffers are moving as well.

And
www.redsharknews.com/business/item/3513-update-on-the-sale-of-sony-vegas-and-its-other-media-products-to-magix includes the Sony/SCS statement.