JWT North America has acquired Digitaria, a full-service digital agency based in San Diego and with satellite offices in Dallas, New York and Los Angeles. Purchase price was not disclosed. Dan Khabie retains his title as Digitaria CEO and will report to David Eastman, JWT North America CEO and worldwide digital director.
Founded in 1997, Digitaria has turned out such notable work as the NFL’s international site NFL-360.com, the Best Western To Go! iPhone app, and the U.S. Soccer site ussoccer.com. The 100-person shop has such clients as Qualcomm, NBC, Dreamworks and ESPN.
Digitaria retains its name and will operate as a unit of JWT North America, helping to serve JWT’s clients as well as its own existing clients using its proprietary “Digital Brand Migration” approach. The company specializes in transferring brands to multiple digital platforms such as websites, mobile devices, touch screens, social media applications and kiosks.
“JWT’s network offers a quality and scale that no other agency provides,” said Khabie. “JWT management is energized about having us join the team and we are thrilled to be a part of the organization.”
Headquartered in New York, JWT is a global network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries employing nearly 10,000 marketing professionals.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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