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    Melissa Lubin Joins Beast NY As Exec Producer

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    Melissa Lubin
    NEW YORK --

    Deluxe creative editorial company Beast has brought Melissa Lubin aboard as executive producer of its New York office. Bringing a decade of deep experience across all facets of production and client services for editorial, sound and graphic design, VFX and finishing, she will lead talent development, build production teams and introduce new clients to Beast’s talent and services. 

    Lubin joins Beast from Cutting Room, where she spent 11 years and moved up the ranks to executive producer, a role she held for six years. There she worked with agencies and production companies including BBDO, McCann, Droga5, Publicis, O Positive and Station Film , and was instrumental in expanding the reach of the company’s talent and building its client roster.

    “Melissa is incredibly knowledgeable in all areas of commercial production,” said Jed Weintrob, Deluxe’s president of global edit & production. “She’s a great leader and very committed to the trade and the ad community. We’re excited to have someone of her caliber join us to build and nurture top production and editorial talent.”

    Lubin said, “Beast is an exciting place. It has the advantages of a strong, local boutique with the ability to tap into the power of Company 3, Method, and the talent at six other Beast offices nationwide. I’m really looking forward to introducing clients to everything we have to offer.”

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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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