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    Jason Musante Becomes Exec Creative Director At Havas Worldwide

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    Jason Musante
    NEW YORK --

    Jason Musante has joined Havas Worldwide’s New York office as an executive creative director. He comes over from Anomaly where he was the creative director leading the Google Glass global launch. Prior to that, he was Co:Collective’s first senior creative hire, leading the re-launch of USA Today and Google+ as well as being a major contributor to the Microsoft business.

    Musante has also held senior digital and innovation roles at BBDO New York and Saatchi NY. While at BBDO, he created one of GE’s first award-winning social initiatives, “The Ecomagination Photo Project,” and worked on everything from FedEx to HBO. At Saatchi, he was part of the team that made the award-winning, funny viral hit “Beware of the Doghouse” for JCPenney. Musante’s creative success started early in his career, with McKinney & Silver’s groundbreaking “Art of the Heist” work for Audi.

    “When it comes to moving seamlessly and brilliantly across content, digital, social and experiential, Jason is one of the very best creatives out there, and he has the awards and business successes to prove it. He’s a courageous leader, smart innovator, and a fighter for great work that works. He’s worked for some of the best people at some of the best agencies on some of the very best brands,” said Darren Moran, chief creative officer, Havas Worldwide NY and North America.

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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