TBWAMedia Arts Lab has promoted executive creative director Duncan Milner to chief creative officer, a position previously held by Lee Clow, who maintains his role as chairman of the TBWAMedia Arts Lab.
Milner joined TBWAChiatDay in 1990 and during the 18 years that he has been a part of the agency he’s worked in six offices (San Francisco, Toronto, St. Louis, New York, Chiat/Los Angeles, and most recently at Media Arts Lab).
Before taking over the creative lead on Apple, Milner had previously worked across many of Chiat’s most award-winning accounts including Nissan, Infiniti, Canadian Airlines, Frutopia, as well as Levi’s and Pedigree. While in Toronto he helped the office twice win Agency of the Year honors in Canada. In 2000, Duncan returned to Los Angeles as creative director on Apple and has since then been leading the creative teams.
Clow, chairman/global director of Media Arts and chief creative officer at TBWA Worldwide, described Milner as “a great talent” and said that “his contribution to Chiat/Day over the last 18 years has been a role model for any creative person here. I couldn’t think of anyone I’d feel more comfortable passing this role on to. He’s truly earned it.”
TBWAMedia Arts Lab, part of TBWA Worldwide, was founded in 2006 and has grown to more than 200 people in four offices (Los Angeles, London, Tokyo and Beijing). Media Arts Lab was created as a unique solution for Apple in order to help connect the brand and its audiences in innovative ways. Media Arts Lab is built with media, digital, and production under one roof, puts media at the center of every idea, and has a way of working which tries to focus on what actually make ideas better. Media Arts Lab also operates as a “lab” for the TBWA Network, sharing its lessons and insights.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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