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    Ben Brown to head film for creative marketing agency Zealot

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    LOS ANGELES --

    Zealot, a creative marketing agency known for its work spanning trailers and marketing materials for studios, network, digital, and industry clients, has named Ben Brown as the company’s new VP, theatrical, based in Los Angeles. 

    Brown joins Zealot from AV Squad, where for the past several years, he was a creative director, working with a wide range of studio clients developing trailers for films including Scream, A Quiet Place 2, Coming 2 America, One Night in Miami, Sonic the Hedgehog, Downtown Abbey and The Tender Bar. While at the company, he oversaw the creation of trailers and commercials for such award-winning films as Spotlight, Selma and The Big Short, among many others. More recently, his work included the Super Bowl spot for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and the trailer for The Northman. Throughout his career he has been distinguished with multiple awards and honors including Clios, Golden Trailer Awards, and Key Art Awards.

    “We have been admirers of Ben’s work for a long time. He is as intuitive a creative advertising executive as anyone I have ever met, and his skill and savvy are well-regarded by creative talent and his industry peers. There are few working in this specialized space who bring his level of accomplishment or experience to the table, which makes him the perfect choice to lead the Zealot theatrical team,” said Zealot president Mark Berridge.

    Brown said, “With unprecedented investment in content at streamers and studios, there are more opportunities than ever before for creative agencies like ours, and we look forward to working closely with our clients as we develop and deliver unique and elevated marketing materials for all genres of films.” 

    Prior to his years as a producer and creative director at AV Squad, Brown began his career in film marketing at Aspect Ratio.

    Zealot maintains offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Recent work includes trailers for Bridgerton (seasons 1 and 2), Parasite, The Lost Daughter, Killing Eve and Spencer, among others. In 2021, the agency won 25 Clio Entertainment Awards and was a finalist for Promax Agency of the Year.

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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