Kevin Roddy, chief creative officer of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), New York, has been elected to a three-year term as chairman of the board of The One Club. He succeeds David Baldwin, who will remain on the board of directors for the coming year. Baldwin heads Durham, N.C.-based agency Baldwin&.
Additionally three new officers to the One Club board have been tabbed for three-year terms–Ari Merkin, (Toy New York) is The One Club’s new secretary/treasurer while Kara Goodrich (BBDO New York) and Steve Sandstrom (Sandstrom Partners, Portland, Ore.) both serve as vice chairpersons.
“Creativity is facing some significant challenges in this industry right now, and I’m looking forward to working with The One Club to champion and promote it in all its forms,” said Roddy. “We are a creative industry that has tremendous value and, I believe, that needs to be elevated in importance. And there’s no better organization to do that than The One Club.”
Mary Warlick, CEO of The One Club, described Roddy as being “a mainstay” in the nonprofit organization’s tremendous growth and achievements over the last few years. He is probably the only board member that has won two Best of Shows at the One Show.”
In addition to the new officers, The One Club board members are: Andy Azula (The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va.); Arthur Bijur; Roger Camp (Publicis & Hal Riney, San Francisco); Glenn Cole (72andSunny, El Segundo, Calif.); David Droga (Droga5, New York); Linus Karlsson (Mother, New York); Nick Law (R/GA, New York); David Lubars (BBDO New York); José Mollá (la comunidad, Miami); Steve Mykolyn (Taxi, Toronto); and Nancy Vonk (Ogilvy & Mather, Toronto).
Last month, The One Club hosted its inaugural “Creative Week NYC” which included the 34th Annual One Show honoring the best in print, radio and television, One Show Interactive, One Show Design and the first Creative unConference.
On Aug. 21, The One Club’s feature documentary Art & Copy directed by Doug Pray (who’s handled for spots via Oil Factory, Los Angeles) will be screened at the IFC Center in New York. Art & Copy debuted earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Other endeavors of The One Club include its first Los Angeles-based One Show Entertainment Awards recognizing outstanding creative achievements by brands in the realm of entertainment (ceremony was held last October), as well as ongoing ad community initiatives. For example in 1995 The One Club established an education department, dedicated to fostering the creative talents of advertising students nationwide. The department administers scholarships to outstanding students in advertising programs at a variety of advertising schools across the country.
The One Club has approximately 1,000 members, including copywriters and art directors.
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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