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    Street Talk for May 1, 2020

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    A Spike Jonze virtual gallery offering designed to raise funds for the KEEPGOING initiative
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    Gaming organization FaZe Clan has partnered with Sugar23–which is Oscar-winning (Best Picture for Spotlight) producer-manager Michael Sugar’s emerging management and creative platform–to launch FaZe Studios to fuel, produce and source new film and TV projects. Sugar23 will combine its expertise in original, premium entertainment with FaZe Clan’s affinity for connecting with youth culture in the digital space. FaZe Studios plans to bring to fruition movies and television shows that specifically speak to and for youth, helping to shape the cultural zeitgeist. Under the terms of the deal, which was initiated by FaZe Clan’s Xavier Ramos (VP,creative development) and Sugar23’s Brad Foxhoven (head, interactive & gaming), FaZe Studios will operate in Los Angeles with Sugar23 running development operations. Foxhoven will be pointing the initiative for Sugar23, while Ramos and Fami Okusanya (VP, content) will be leading the endeavor on behalf of FaZe Clan….

    The film industry supports 2.1 million jobs in the U.S. alone, with millions more around the globe. A large portion of those workers are freelance, and have now gone months without a paycheck. To help those affected, production company Reframe the World has launched KEEPGOING, a virtual gallery selling prints by directors and DPs around the world to support unemployed industry freelancers through the Motion Picture & Television Fund. KEEPGOING is a project created by filmmakers, for filmmakers. It’s a virtual gallery offering 11×17 ($150) and 8.5×11 ($125) semi-gloss archival ink prints including work by a growing list of directors and DPs, including Spike Jonze, Alma Har’el, Mihai Mฤƒlaimare Jr., Jonas Lindstroem, Gordon Von Steiner, Salomon Ligthelm, Vincent Haycock, Drew Daniels, Rina Yang, and Adam Newport-Berra. For every print sold, KeepGoing will donate 100% of the proceeds to the Motion Picture & Television Fund COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. This fund supports the millions of industry professionals currently facing financial hardship due to the pandemic. Reframe the World’s partners in KeepGoing are creative director Sarah Bassett, design director for Adidas Originals globally at Johannes Leonardo, and WORKS Studio, creative pro­fes­sion­als dedicated to the process of cultural advancement through inter­dis­ci­pli­nary design. At the heart of the project are the many directors and DPs who generously support the endeavor by donating their work. Michael Peay is EP of Reframe the World….

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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 โ€” even beyond search โ€” 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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