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    Tröll Pictures Opens With Directing Duo The Snorri Bros and EP Peter Steinzeig

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    Peter Steinzeig
    LOS ANGELES --

    Tröll Pictures has been launched in L.A. by Brickyard VFX partners Dave Waller, Patrick Poulatian, Kirsten Andersen and Steve Michaels. The new venture’s day-to-day operations are headed by executive producer Peter Steinzeig, with two decades of experience in domestic and international commercial markets, and Michaels, who has managed leading visual effects studios from Method Studios to Brickyard. Tröll opens with a roster featuring directorial duo the Snorri Bros, consisting of Eidur Snorri and Einar Snorri.

    Over the years the Tröll team has worked with the Snorri Bros on various projects for brands that include Hummer, Palm and Texas Health Resources, entailing a mix of storytelling and visual effects. Prior to joining Tröll, the Snorri Bros were most recently handled by Pulse Films. The siblings made their first major filmmaking splash internationally with the innovative stop-motion animation music video for R.E.M.’s “Daysleeper.” The Snorris then went on to direct commercials for Sprint, Kenneth Cole, Panasonic, Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz, among other clients.

    Tröll’s roster of live-action directors will be able to exploit Brickyard’s VFX talent and resources in both Los Angeles and Boston for select projects.

    “Tröll is positioned to address the recent trend towards all-in commercial production, and with distinct creative talent such as the Snorri Bros, we can take any project from inception to completion,” said Steinzeig.

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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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