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    Allison Cantor named EP at We Fly Coach

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    NEW YORK --

    Global production company We Fly Coach has added Allison Cantor as executive producer in its Santa Monica, Calif. office. Cantor, who was previously managing director of sister animatics company Animated Storyboards, will lead global marketing and sales for the production company as well as oversee production out of We Fly Coach’s West Coast studio. 

    She brings with her nearly a decade of experience in marketing, business development and brand strategy for creative companies across production and post production. Cantor will also work on sourcing new talent for We Fly Coach, expanding its diverse directorial roster to accommodate the influx of nontraditional projects that they have seen in the past several years.

    After studying communications at Indiana University of Bloomington, Cantor spent a brief stint in the legal space in NYC before shifting to entertainment marketing, landing in digital distribution at MTV Networks. In 2010, she joined Animated Storyboards as marketing director in NYC, handling marketing, new business, branding and team development for the North American market. In 2012, she made her way to the West Coast to launch their Santa Monica studio, spearheading the growth of the studio’s L.A. presence as well as working closely with global marketing, sales and production teams. Cantor was promoted to global marketing director in 2014, overseeing marketing efforts across the animatics company’s 10 international offices.

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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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