Cut+Run NY has promoted Adam Bazadona to editor and Ellese Jobin to head of production.
Adam Bazadona started as an assistant at Cut+Run in 2009 and, over the years, has worked alongside Jon Grover, Gary Knight, Akiko Iwakawa, among other editors. From assisting to editing has been a fluid transition for Bazadona with credits that include co-editor on Green Day’s “Oh Love” directed by Sam Bayer and the CFDA Fashion Fund film directed by Jun Diaz, a collaboration with Andres Cortes on “Rehearsal Space” featuring Lee Renaldo from Sonic Youth, and the recent Panda Designer video. Each of these projects demonstrates Bazadona’s love of editing projects with distinct visual style set to music. In 2015, he cut Scott McFarnon’s “Crazy Heart” directed by Floyd Russ, which highlights the stark reality of human trafficking in America. In the commercial realm, Bazadona has contributed his editing talent to a diverse collection of projects for clients Mercedes-Benz, Kobe Bryant, Verizon Wireless and Blue Apron.
Jobin’s career was forged at Cut+Run; she joined the company shortly after Bazadona, working in client service and reception. She quickly became involved in projects, assuming the role of producer and eventually sr. producer. As head of production, Jobin will oversee Cut+Run’s NY producer team and all facets of the postproduction process in a management capacity.
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads — essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More