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    Editor Aaron Tompkins joins The Den as a partner

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    Women-owned, bicoastal edit house The Den has added Aaron Tompkins to its roster of editors. Tompkins, who is based in NYC, is joining as a partner.
     
    Tompkins fell in love with editing while watching hip-hop videos as a kid in the 1990s. After having the distinction of being one of two students in his high school’s “film class,” Tompkins went on to study film and graphic design at the University of Arizona. During the summers, he honed his skills at Silvercup Studios in NYC, on HBO megahits including The Sopranos and Sex in the City.

    As an editor, Tompkins enjoys working across all genres–from comedy to more fast-paced visual pieces. He has worked on Emmy and Lion-winning global ad campaigns for brands like Google, Budweiser, Nike, and many more throughout his career. In addition to commercial work, Tompkins has also worked on long-form Netflix documentaries. Tompkins also cut Lauren Sick’s atmospheric short for Ford out Wieden+Kennedy which transports the viewer to the driver’s seat as the new Raptor R navigates the nighttime desert landscape with pulse-racing footage and edgy cinematic imagery. 

    Christjan Jordan, co-founder/editor at The Den, said, “Aaron has an amazingly versatile style that you see in his editing. His ability to shift between any genre–whether enthralling and emotional storytelling or dynamic, stylized work–shows his tremendous level of craft.”

    Tompkins said, “The Den has an incredibly talented group of editors that excel in a wide range of genres. I had already had the pleasure of working with Christjan before, so it is nice to have the chance to work alongside him again. I also really like how The Den has such a creative and collaborative way of working, so I’m just happy to be a part of their very talented team.”  

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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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