Lynne Mannino is leaving her position as executive producer of Nomad Edit, New York, to pursue other creative interests and freelance producing. Mannino helped launch and build the N.Y. office of bicoastal Nomad and now exits with full support of the company partners who are currently seeking her successor.
“Being an EP is a full-time job that requires all of my attention. I need more flexibility in my schedule to pursue some key creative projects and it just makes sense for me to go freelance,” explained Mannino. The partners have given me great encouragement to take this next step.”
Editor John Murray, a Nomad co-founder, said of Mannino, “She was instrumental in the opening of our New York office and has built a dynamic and creative work environment. We wish her great success in her new endeavor.”
Mannino came aboard Nomad in 2007 after spending a year on personal projects and travel. Prior to that she served for six years as co-founder/exec producer of editorial house 3 Fingered Louie,, and earlier served as a producer for Mad River Post.
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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