Former Rep For HSI Enters Editorial Arena.
Editorial house Inside/Out—which has a roster that includes cutters Igor Kovalik, Robert Ivison and Fred Fouquet—has named Esther Gonzalez to serve as its executive producer. In her new capacity, Gonzalez will be directly responsible for sales, servicing the client base, project management and the supervision of the day-to-day operations for the Santa Monica company.
Gonzalez comes to Inside/ Out after a two-year run as the West Coast sales rep for bicoastal HSI Productions. While there, she was responsible for obtaining work for a roster of directors that included Samuel Bayer, Gerard de Thame and Peggy Sirota. Among the assignments brought in by Gonzalez were spots for Banana Republic, The Gap, Saturn and Nissan.
Prior to that, Gonzalez spent 12 years at the Los Angeles office of bicoastal Coppos Films, the last seven as head of production. It was in this position that, under executive producer Bill Bratkowski, Gonzalez bid, negotiated and closed jobs for such helmers as Mark Coppos and Craig Gillespie. Gonzalez worked on a series of ad campaigns that brought Coppos Films the coveted Palm D’Or at Cannes in ’91. Gonzalez also scheduled and hired the crew and oversaw all the productions that ranged from low-budget PSAs to multimillion-dollar shoots.
Before her tenure at Coppos Films, Gonzalez spent a year at Chiat/Day (now TBWA/Chiat/ Day), Los Angeles, as a broadcast secretary working on such accounts as Apple, Nike, Porsche, Pizza Hut and Yamaha.
Of her move to Inside/Out, Gonzalez explained: "Although I enjoyed being a sales rep, I really wanted to get back on the management side of the industry. When I met Igor [Kovalik], I was extremely impressed with the quality and standards of Inside/Out, [as well as] the talent and creativity evident in the editors’ work."
Microsoft Report Says Efforts By Russia, Iran and China To Sway U.S. Voters May Escalate
Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election –- and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday.
Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot Republicans who are critical of China, the company's threat intelligence arm said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Iranian actors who allegedly sent emails aimed at intimidating U.S. voters in 2020 have been surveying election-related websites and major media outlets, raising concerns they could be preparing for another scheme this year, the tech giant said.
The report serves as a warning – building on others from U.S. intelligence officials – that as the nation enters this critical final stretch and begins counting ballots, the worst influence efforts may be yet to come. U.S. officials say they remain confident that election infrastructure is secure enough to withstand any attacks from American adversaries. Still, in a tight election, foreign efforts to influence voters are raising concern.
Microsoft noted that some of the disinformation campaigns it tracks received little authentic engagement from U.S. audiences, but others have been amplified by unwitting Americans, exposing thousands to foreign propaganda in the final weeks of voting.
Russia, China and Iran have all rejected claims that they are seeking to meddle with the U.S. election.
"The presidential elections are the United States' domestic affairs. China has no intention and will not interfere in the US election," the Chinese Embassy said in a statement.
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