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    Street Talk for June 26, 2015

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    Homestead, a NYC-based creative boutique providing production, editorial and design talent and resources, has added a pair of directing teams: DUO (consisting of Carey Hollinger and Scott Betty); and NOMADS (Christian H. Clark and Angela Trevino). DUO’s latest work includes a Pennzoil/Jeep campaign for J. Walter Thompson….

    Director William Kirkley has joined Washington Square Films. His work spans such clients as Heineken, Chevrolet, Petco and Reebok. Active in commercial and documentary fare, Kirkley’s filmography includes the feature doc Excavating Taylor Mead, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Excavating Taylor Meed was narrated by Steve Buscemi and stars Jim Jarmusch, Paul Morrissey, Jack White and RZA. Kirkley is currently in postproduction on his second documentary feature, this one on a group of surfers and hippies out of Laguna Beach, Calif., who were, in the 1960s, the largest distributors of LSD and hash in the world….

    Jo Arghiris has joined Gentleman Scholar as executive producer. She is based in the design-driven production studio’s Los Angeles home. Arghiris joins Gentleman Scholar via The Mill and MPC where she has spent the last 15 years working her way up through the ranks to head of production and EP, turning out campaigns for such brands as Nike, Budweiser, Adidas, Target and Coca-Cola….

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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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