Bicoastal editing company Lost Planet--whose editorial roster includes Hank Corwin?
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Bicoastal editing company Lost Planet–whose editorial roster includes Hank Corwin, Paul Martinez, Geoff Hounsell, Charlie Johnston, Saar Klein, Kim Bica and Jen Dean–has aligned with Work, a new London-based editorial shop led by cutters Richard Orrick, Neil Smith and Bill Smedley. Orrick and Smith were most recently with The Whitehouse, London, while Smedley previously worked at The Quarry, London. Previously a managing executive producer at The Whitehouse, Jane Dilworth is Work's executive producer. Per the agreement, Work editors are now available to cut commercials stateside at Lost Planet's Manhattan outpost or Los Angeles headquarters, while Lost Planet's editors are available to edit in London through Work. “Hank and I are delighted to align with Work,” said Betsy Beale, executive producer, Lost Planet. “We believe there is tremendous value in matching the best creative talent with the best projects, without regard to location issues.” — Chicago-based The Filmworkers Club has hired colorist Fred Keller, formerly with Company 3, New York. Keller began his career with now-closed Prinzco Productions. He followed that with stints at New York-based DuArt Film & Video, now-closed Digital Universe, and Manhattan Transfer, which eventually became Company 3, New York. His recent credits include spots for GMC, Budweiser, Adidas, Samuel Adams and MTV–“Orange Bow”, a short film edited by New York-based Bluerock's Karama Horne, is in competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Inspired by a true story, “Orange Bow” offers a slice of what it is like to grow up in Brooklyn. It was directed by Diandrea Rees — Vivian Marks has joined Raleigh, N.C.-based editorial/animation/visual effects house Serious Robots as post production producer–.Canada's Frank and Gordon, the popular CG “spokesbeavers” for Bell Canada, are produced by Montreal-based Buzz Image Group and directed by Buzz's Sandra Germain, for Bell Canada's ad agency Cossette Communication Group, Montreal. To date, Buzz has produced a half dozen animated spots for the campaign and has several more in the works. Buzz initially produced two spots in French and English for airing in Quebec, then Cossette rolled out the campaign nationally. The beavers also appear in radio and print advertising, and have their own Web site.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