Lynne Mannino is leaving her position as executive producer of Nomad Edit, New York, to pursue other creative interests and freelance producing. Mannino helped launch and build the N.Y. office of bicoastal Nomad and now exits with full support of the company partners who are currently seeking her successor.
“Being an EP is a full-time job that requires all of my attention. I need more flexibility in my schedule to pursue some key creative projects and it just makes sense for me to go freelance,” explained Mannino. The partners have given me great encouragement to take this next step.”
Editor John Murray, a Nomad co-founder, said of Mannino, “She was instrumental in the opening of our New York office and has built a dynamic and creative work environment. We wish her great success in her new endeavor.”
Mannino came aboard Nomad in 2007 after spending a year on personal projects and travel. Prior to that she served for six years as co-founder/exec producer of editorial house 3 Fingered Louie,, and earlier served as a producer for Mad River Post.
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