Honda’s “Grrr,” out of Wieden + Kennedy (W+K), London, scored Best of Show at The One Show, which was held this week (5/11) at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. Meanwhile, Burger King’s “Subservient Chicken,” out of Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B), Miami, won Best of Show at the One Show Interactive competition….SHOOT’s third annual New Directors Showcase—which will be marked by an evening screening and panel discussions slated for next week (5/19) at the DGA Theatre in New York—offers a total of 21 helmers (including a two-man team) from diverse backgrounds….Representatives from ad agency in-house post shops throughout the country met for the second straight year during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention last month in Las Vegas, moving closer to the goal of forming a trade association with chapters on both coasts and in the Central U.S….Greg Popp has signed with bicoastal Supply & Demand—the production house headed by managing partners/executive producers Tim Case and Kent Eby—for exclusive representation as a director. Popp had been senior VP/group executive producer at DDB Chicago….Cutters, the Chicago-based editorial house that this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, has spent recent months getting its new Venice. Calif. operation up and running. Heading up the office as executive producer is Nicole Visram, who made a shift after three years as a senior producer at Ogilvy & Mather, Culver City. The Venice base also includes three new Cutters editors: Dustin Robertson, formerly of Santa Monica-based Brass Knuckles; Tessa Davis, from Orchestra Blue in Johannesburg; and newcomer John Mailloux, formerly of bicoastal Lost Planet, where he served as an editorial assistant to editors Hank Corwin and Paul Martinez….
A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly
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