Cole & Weber United has brought John Maxham on board as executive creative director. He will report directly to Mike Doherty, president of the Seattle-based agency that is part of WPP‘s United Network.
Most recently, Maxham was at DDB as senior VP/group creative director, where he was responsible for the seamless integration of creative in two separate offices (Chicago and St. Louis). While there, he oversaw 30 creatives comprising a general, digital and DM group.
Prior to DDB, Maxham was chief creative officer of Maiden Lane Advertising in San Francisco (formerly Gardner Geary Coll). Earlier he spent three years at Team One in El Segundo, Calif., as creative director where he led 10 creatives, co-founded a new business group and oversaw the advertising launch of Boost Mobile in the U.S.
Maxham started his career at Lowe Worldwide in New York as associate creative director. During his five years there, Maxham did brand work for UPS and Heineken.
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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