Editor Jordan Green has joined the roster of New York-based creative editorial shop BlueRock.
With a varied body of work that ranges from comedy and documentary-style spots, 3D character-driven campaigns to feature-length concert films for Metallica (he was an editor on Metallica: Cunning Stunts), Green is the second major signing this year for BlueRock, the first being editor John Maloney in January.
Green’s spot credits span such brands as Geico, Walmart, American Express, AT&T, Sony, Microsoft, M&M’s, Puma and MTV.
Although his first love is comedy, Green is also a passionate cinema and music fan that has cut music videos for the likes of Tricky, Garbage and The Goo Goo Dolls and influential directors Kinka Usher, Malcolm Venville, Samuel Bayer, Chris Smith, Jesse Peretz, Martin Granger, Wayne Isham and Mike Mills.
Green had been at Hooligan, New York, and prior to that 89 Editorial. He began his editing career in Los Angeles, cutting at Spotwelders.
Green cited the chance to work with BlueRock managing director Jennifer Lederman and access to a broad range of resources as among the factors drawing him to the company. On the latter score, he noted the work of BlueRock and sister shop Spontaneous. “I think the way they integrate editorial, VFX, 3D, audio and finishing so seamlessly stands alone in terms of the scope of services they can provide for my clients.”
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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