The Den has added editor Michael “Middy” Ofori-Attah to its roster. Ofori-Attah will begin his tenure in Canada with plans to relocate to the United States in the near future. This marks his first representation in the U.S. His recent work with director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall on the short film OMI can be seen on Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween. Other recent director collaborators include Karena Evans and Jonny Mass.
Middy’s credits also include campaigns for global brands such as McDonald’s, Hyundai, and MLB, and has garnered a Gold at the 2019 Cannes Lions and the 2019 Webby Award for Best Viral Campaign.
Christjan Jordan, co-founder/editor at The Den, said, “Middy’s editing style and his love for the craft shows in his work. Being able to shift from emotional storytelling to quick-paced stylized work is a great fit at The Den.”
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
