Team One has hired Sam Walsh as executive producer, marking his return to the Publicis family. He will work across multiple accounts with a primary focus on Lexus. Walsh has more than 20 years of production experience, including two tenures as head of broadcast production at Publicis sibling agency Publicis & Hal Riney.
As executive producer, Walsh will oversee filmed content, whether destined for TV, digital or emerging platforms. He was most recently founder and CEO of Signal Management, a production and technology consultancy, where his clients included JWT NY, Ford, Team Detroit, Coca Cola Company, ESPN and Roxy. Walsh has also held leadership positions at several other agencies, including JWT NY and Team Detroit, and several production companies.
“Sam brings depth of experience and diversity of work to our production group,” said Chris Graves, chief creative officer at Team One. “He’s fully engaged in the evolution of our business, and I see him as a valuable partner in accelerating our vision of content development. He has a unique ability to inspire up-and-coming production talent while executing on even the most complex ideas.”
Walsh is best known for his work on Ford’s Bold Moves campaign, a 30-part web-based documentary about the Ford Motor Company’s turnaround efforts developed by JWT NY and Detroit. Walsh managed production of video episodes as well as digital teams, building interactive functionality and including point-counterpoint journalism, links to related sites, RSS feeds, blog aggregation and curated third-party content.
Headquartered in El Segundo, and a division of Saatchi & Saatchi, Team One is a full-service marketing communications agency, providing comprehensive brand consultancy, strategic planning, advertising, media planning and buying, social media, brand advocacy, relationship (direct) marketing, event marketing/promotions, interactive/digital services, web development, public relations, and graphic design. The agency has regional offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Current Team One clients include: Lexus, the Lexus Dealer Association, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Bombardier Flexjet, American Express, Northern Trust, Belkin consumer electronics, Haagen-Dazs, Edition Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, and Heal the Bay.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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