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    Chemistry adds ECDs Corbitt, Duering

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    ATLANTA --

    Independent agency Chemistry has added two executive creative directors, Carl Corbitt and Anja Duering. The shop has offices in Atlanta and Pittsburgh, with a roster which includes YouTube, Red Bull, Four Loko, RA Sushi, Atlanta United FC, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, MetroHealth, Marriott, and two new accounts, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and TIKD, a platform to help consumers take action against traffic tickets.

    ECDs Corbitt and Duering are both based in the Atlanta office and report to chief creative officer Chris Breen. Corbitt joins from Fitzgerald + Co. where he served as group creative director. Prior, Corbitt honed his craft serving as creative director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, 180LA, goodness Mfg., and Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, working with brands like Mitsubishi Motors, contributing to over five quarters of double-digit growth, Nokia, doubling the size of the business within 12 months, and more. In his new role, Corbitt will be responsible for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, YouTube and the ACVB among others. 

    Duering will be responsible for Atlanta United, Red Bull and TIKD. She joins the team with nearly 15 years of experience as a creative director including time spent with Wieden + Kennedy and CP + B. Duering started her career at Arnold Worldwide, then moved to CP+B, where she art directed the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity Grand Prix-winning GTI “Fast” campaign for Volkswagen.




    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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