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    TBWAChiatDay LA hires Hempe, Nelson, promotes Thorburn

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    LOS ANGELES --

    TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles has hired Wayne Hempe as chief financial officer, joining from TBWA’s Nissan United, and Courtney Nelson as managing director, coming from Wieden+Kennedy Portland. The L.A. shop has also promoted Sheri Thorburn to chief talent officer.

    With more than 100 new hires in 2021 alone, TBWAChiatDay LA has experienced a significant surge, fueled by organic growth, recent new business wins and the investment in key areas across the agency from a capabilities, talent and diversity perspective. Hempe, Nelson and Thorburn round out the agency’s executive leadership team, working alongside CEO Erin Riley, chief strategy officer Jen Costello and chief creative officer Renato Fernandez.

    With a finance career spanning more than 23 years, Hempe spent 14 years within the TBWA collective, previously holding senior leadership positions at Nissan United, TBWAWorldwide, TBWASouth Africa and TBWANEBOKO in Amsterdam, a testament to the company’s commitment to talent mobility and advancement. Most recently, Hempe served as VP, finance at TBWA’s Nissan United North America. In his new role as CFO, Hempe will be integral in developing its business plans for growth and will be in charge of the agency’s overall financial performance and client and other stakeholder negotiations.  Hempe will also be involved in agency culture and DEI initiatives. 

    Nelson comes to TBWAChiatDay LA having spent more than a decade at Wieden+Kennedy Portland, rising through the ranks to global group brand director, creating impactful campaigns for brands including Nike, Levi’s, Instagram, P&G, Trolli, Secret Deodorant, and TurboTax, among others. The move marks a return to Chiat, as she previously worked at TBWAChiatDay from 2005 to 2008. Throughout her 22-year career she has spent time at other leading agencies, including Goodby Silverstein & Partners and Deutsch. As managing director, Nelson will oversee operations, brand and business management and production to streamline the agency’s systems as it continues to be in growth mode. 

    Thorburn joined the ChiatDay LA in 2017 and has been integral in the development of training programs including “Disrupting Recruiting” to eliminate unconscious bias in the hiring process, established affinity groups, hiring key positions, and implemented performance management systems to nurture and retain talent. As part of the leadership team, Thorburn has been instrumental in implementing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the agency. Her leadership approach rooted in trust and transparency has continued to transform and shape the agency’s unique culture offering.

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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