Laura Relovsky, best known for her 14-year tenure at now defunct Mad River Post, New York–first as senior producer and then executive producer–has joined Fluid, the New York-based editorial, original music and VFX studio, as exec producer of its editorial staff which includes cutters Robin Burchill, Greg Letson, Scott Philbrook, John Mallerman, Karama Brown and Jim Rubino, as well as lead designer Wes Waldron.
At Mad River, Relovsky turned out projects for such clients as Canon, Vaseline, Levi’s, Tostitos, Nike, ESPN, Miller Lite, the NFL, Amstel, Heinecken, MTV and Coca-Cola. She worked with assorted major agencies, including BBDO, Ogilvy, Young & Rubicam, Wieden+Kennedy and Hill Holliday.
Of her new roost and position, Relovsky said, “Joining Fluid is the next logical step for me.” She cited the shop’s talent spanning editors, composers, effects artists and interactive designers all under one roof, observing that the company “represents what the new model for the postproduction industry will be. Yet they’ve been doing it for years.”
Earlier in her career, Relovsky co-founded Progressive Image Group, New York, with editor Tim Sherry, and served as business manager and producer at Vito DeSario Editing, N.Y.
Fluid was launched in fall ’98 by founding partners composer/exec producer David Shapiro, composer Andrew Sherman and managing partner/exec producer Marc Schwartz. The company now has a staff of 35. Via its recent partnership with Crush+Lovely, Fluid has extended its reach into interactive web design and development.
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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