Cut+Run has promoted Andy Green and Sean Fazende to editors. Both editors are based in L.A. and available to work via any Cut+Run location.
Green is known for his penchant for cutting comedy and dialogue. Over the last year, prior to assuming the editor title at Cut+Run, Green cut Cisco with GS&P, OXO via Muhtayzik Hoffer, and Cesar with BBDO SF. With Jay Nelson, Green contributed to projects with such noted brands as Gatorade, VW, Microsoft and Old Navy. Green was formerly at Bob Industries where he was an editor who worked closely with director Zach Math on such projects as KMART’s “Ship My Pants” and “Yo Mamma” via Draftfcb Chicago, and GameStop for The Richards Group. He edited Elias Sime: Eye of the Needle, Eye of the Heart, a short film directed by Dayton/Faris for an exhibition at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. For Jason Reitman, Green edited Roast Battle, the NSFW docu-short about the no-holds-barred verbal boxing match where comedians compete in a battle of wits and insults. The film was part of the official lineup at Sundance 2016 and has toured festivals around the country.
Three years ago, Fazende joined Cut+Run where he has fostered his talent for music videos, editing for such artists as Disclosure feat, Lorde, Smashing Pumpkins, Zayn Malik, and Selena Gomez (2016 VMA nominee “Kill em with Kindness”). Working alongside Steve Gandolfi, Fazende parlayed his fast paced editing style and love of sports into commercial work for projects including “Take It” for adidas and Wilson’s “From Federer.” During his junior year at Boston University, Fazende took a summer internship in Los Angeles, which ultimately lead to staff positions at Arcade and Beast, before coming to Cut+Run.
“Andy and Sean are both amazingly talented editors–they’ve already made an impact on the industry and Cut+Run,” commented managing director Michelle Eskin. “It’s great when you have the opportunity to give recognition where it is due, in this case by officially naming them editors at the company.”
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads — essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More