Effective Dec. 3, editor James Rose will come aboard Cut+Run, London. Though based in the U.K. he will also be available stateside for projects out of Cut+Run’s shops on both coasts.
Rose is moving over from NWH, a London house he joined in 1995 as an assistant to editor Nicholas Wayman-Harris. Rose then made the transition to full-fledged editor, a capacity in which he’s been serving for the past eight years spanning commercials, music videos and documentaries.
Among his recent credits is the Amy Winehouse clip “Rehab,” adding to a body of video work that encompasses such artists as U2, Coldplay, The Killers, Oasis, Jamiroquai and Bloc Party. Regarded as one of the U.K.’s leading music video editors, Rose has worked regularly with directors Anton Corbijn, Phil Griffin, Huse Montfaradi and Rob Hales, among others. Griffin helmed Winehouse’s “Rehab.”
Rose’s ability to create a compact narrative with music and pictures has gained him much attention in the commercials market, working with such directors as Nick Livesey, Joel Pront, Matt & Tom and Thomas Job. Rose’s editorial range also includes dialogue-driven pieces as best highlighted in three documentaries for the BBC’s Storyville initiative–Life and Death in Soweto, Rivonia: The Trail of Nelson Mandela and Fashion Victim–The Killing of Gianni Versace. Rose also edited the feature film The Third Pint, which was released this year and was directed by Luciano Podcaminsky (whose spotmaking home is Rebolucion, Buenos Aires, with representation in the rest of the world via bicoastal/international @radical.media).
Editor Steve Gandolfi, founder of Cut+Run, said that Rose boosts the edit house’s “standing in the music video market and adds an exciting dimension to our commercials offering.”
Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta
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