Gary Goldsmith, former chairman/chief creative officer at Lowe, New York, is joining Young & Rubicam, New York, as chief creative officer….Michael Aimette has joined Atmosphere BBDO New York, as executive creative director, a new position at the shop….Greg Lane has come aboard GSD&M, Austin, Texas, as director of media production. He was previously a group executive producer at DDB Chicago….Rick Silvestrini is joining Grey Worldwide, New York, an associate producer. He was previously with McCann Erickson, New York….
Account Movement
Visa USA has moved its ad account to TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, from BBDO New York….BMW has selected GSD&M, Austin, Texas, to handle its advertising account….DDB Chicago, has won ad duties on the LensCrafters account….Discover Financial Services and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, have split….Agency Gabriel deGrood Bendt will handle a creative assignment for a national brand campaign for Andersen Windows….Helio, a wireless carrier entering the U.S. market in 2006, will use Deutsch LA, Marina del Rey, Calif., for its ad work….
In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information.
TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok's sale by its Chinese parent company.
Working on a tight deadline, the justices also have before them a plea from President-elect Donald Trump, who has dropped his earlier support for a ban, to give him and his new administration time to reach a "political resolution" and avoid deciding the case. It's unclear if the court will take the Republican president-elect's views — a highly unusual attempt to influence a case — into account.
TikTok and China-based ByteDance, as well as content creators and users, argue the law is a dramatic violation of the Constitution's free speech guarantee.
"Rarely if ever has the court confronted a free-speech case that matters to so many people," lawyers for the users and content creators wrote. Content creators are anxiously awaiting a decision that could upend their livelihoods and are eyeing other platforms.
The case represents another example of the court being asked to rule about a medium with which the justices have acknowledged they have little familiarity or expertise, though they often weigh in on meaty issues involving restrictions on speech.
The Biden administration, defending the law that President Joe Biden signed in April after it was approved by wide bipartisan majorities in Congress, contends that... Read More
