Coptix
| Coptix, Inc. | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 
Chattanooga, Tennessee (January 1, 1999, as Cross Computer Consulting Incorporated as Coptix Inc., January 1, 2002) |
| Headquarters | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Key people | Josiah Roe, President Rob Righter, Vice President of Product Development Andy Montgomery, Vice President of Operations Jeffrey Cross, Founder |
| Industry | Graphic Design Web Design Web Development |
| Employees | 20 |
| Website | Coptix |
Founded as Cross Computer Consulting on January 1, 1999 and incorporated as Coptix Inc. on January 1, 2002, Coptix is a Chattanooga, Tennessee based graphic design, web design, and web development company with clients such as Chattem, redbox, Olan Mills, Hardees,[1] Gold Bond medicated powder, Ultraswim Shampoo, Sun-in, and Coker Tire. Coptix' work redesigning the Chattanooga Times Free Press website[2] was featured on CBS Sunday Morning. Coptix is a member of the AIGA.
Bill Cahan Spoofs
Coptix gained attention throughout the design community when in January of 2007 it produced and distributed via YouTube a series of video spoofs of the Cahan & Associates promotional video featuring noted designer Bill Cahan.[3]
Karl Rove Photo Hoax
Coptix gained national media attention in April of 2007 after an April Fool's Day prank in which they photoshopped a photo of White House advisor Karl Rove to make him appear to be holding a folder with the Coptix logo on the cover. [4] Blogs such as Wonkette - which called the hoax photo "a crime scene"[5] - and DailyKos ran the doctored photo and claimed (as Wonkette put it) that it proved "without a doubt that Karl Rove is illegally running all the White House e-mail through a private company" to avoid the automatic archiving of the White House email system.[6]. Sites that fell prey to the hoax had failed to notice Sleestaks also had been added to the photograph in a television shown in the background.
References
- ^ "Hardee's Stresses Regional Appeal", The Chattanooga Times Free Press, 2007-05-25. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
- ^ "Griscom: New look for the new year}publisher=The Chattanooga Times Free Press", 2007-01-14. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ Alissa Walker, Billy Cahan, Keymaster of Gozer?, Unbeige, January 04, 2007
- ^ Michael Davis, Morphing a Conspiracy?, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 04, 2007
- ^ Brit Hume, Political Grapevine, FOX News, April 05, 2007
- ^ Jon Ward, Rove 'e-mail scandal' makes April fools of blog readers, The Washington Times, April 6, 2007
External links
- Coptix website
- Coptix Flickr Group
- Bill Cahan Spoof Videos
- Diary of a Manufactured Scandal - before and after and production photos of the hoax photo and a list of websites where it appeared
- "Liberal Blogs Get Punked" - Michelle Malkin interview
- The Little Design Firm That Caused a Big Political Scandal - UnBeige applauds Karl Rove photo hoax.
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