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    Squeak E. Clean Studios promotes Barbato to ECD, names Hori creative director in L.A.

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    LOS ANGELES --

    Global creative audio network Squeak E. Clean Studios has promoted Rob Barbato to executive creative director following six years as a creative director with the company. Additionally, creative director Justin Hori will transition from the Chicago shop to the Los Angeles studios to head up the West Coast. 

    Barbato will oversee the company’s creative direction and presence, fusing his composing and producing expertise. Taking the reins in L.A., Hori will continue to bolster the studio’s slate of award-winning work for clients including Apple, Reebok, Adidas, Volkswagen and Budweiser.

    Having made headway with landmark ads in tech and culture–for clients including Apple, Lexus, Canon, Cadillac and Beats by Dre–Barbato collaborated on spots like Netflix’s lauded “We Watched It All” pandemic-era short and “Beautiful Dreamer” for Canon’s “Inspired” spot, which earned awards including an Emmy, D&AD Pencils, AICP awards, Cannes Lions and The One Show accolades. Hori’s legacy with the studio led to tracks like the famous “Da Diddy Da” for Apple’s iPad campaign, and the anthem for Adidas’ “Your Future is not Mine,” which earned him a Cannes Gold Lion for Best Use of Original Music. 

    A composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Barbato has toured and recorded as a sideman of the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Cass McCombs, as well as being a member of the seminal U.K. post-punk band The Fall. Barbato has produced records for artists such as Bleached, Kevin Morby and La Sera, and composed music for Nickelodeon’s Sanjay and Craig, IFC’s Maron, and the main title sequence for Comedy Central’s The Gorburger Show. Barbato ‘s commercial portfolio also includes original compositions for Apple, Lexus, Nike, Honda, Facebook and Target, and he has scored two feature-length films.

    Hori launched his career at the ripe age of 13 as a DJ in Chicago’s hip-hop and underground electronica music scenes, before taking his first part-time job slinging records at the legendary Gramaphone Records. After studying music theory and composition at Columbia College, he pursued stints at Comtrack and Comma Music, eventually moving to open their Los Angeles office. Hori scored the dark comedy feature film Big Gold Brick, his first independently scored feature film, starring Andy Garcia, Lucy Hale, Megan Fox and Oscar Isaac. The film will premiere in 2022.

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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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