Editor Adam Jenkins has joined Cut+Run/New York. As with all of the shop’s cutters, he will also be available to work via Cut+Run’s Los Angeles and London offices as well as on location. His latest credits include a commercial for LG as well as a campaign for Elle McPherson Lingerie.
Jenkins comes over after a stint at Bug Editorial, New York. Prior to that he freelanced, and earlier had been with Final Cut, London and New York. In addition to his spot experience, Jenkins has delved into longform, having collaborated as a contributing editor with director Doug Liman on Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Jenkins’ first job in the industry was as a runner at Silver Screen, Wellington and Auckland, where he taught himself to edit, becoming a freelance cutter in his native New Zealand for a brief period before moving to Sydney. He freelanced Down Under for two-and-a-half years, working with several high-profile helmers there, including Matt Murphy, Bruce Hunt and The Glue Society.
Relocating to London, Jenkins caught on with Final Cut in 2000. There he collaborated with such directors as Mehdi Norowzian, the Traktor collective, Mathias Hoene and Daniel Barber. Jenkins then moved to the U.S. where he worked with the Cronenweths, Speck & Gordon, Jake Scott, Errol Morris and the aforementioned feature with Liman. During his Final Cut tenure, Jenkins cut QTV’s “Craig David” for London agency Mother; the spot went on to earn a Silver Lion at the ’01 Cannes International Advertising Festival.
Now at Cut+Run, Jenkins comes aboard a roster that includes editors Mike Douglas, Jon Grover, Anthony Marinelli and Chuck Willis. The latter is also partner/founder of Cut+Run/NY. Susan Willis is the New York shop’s executive producer.
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