Former Young & Rubicam Chicago creative directors Dave Loew and Jon Wyville will join Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, as senior VPs/creative directors effective in April. Loew and Wyville will report directly to U.S. chief creative officer John Condon.
Loew and Wyville will initially work across Burnett’s portfolio and support new business initiatives.
Most recently at Y&R, Loew and Wyville created noted fare for Miller Brewing Company, NASCAR and Sears. Their Miller Lite “Dominoes” commercial–directed by Fredrik Bond of bicoastal/international MJZ–was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award in 2004. The team’s creative work has also been honored at Cannes, the Clios, the One Show, D&AD, the Andys and the Effies, among other competitions.
Prior to joining Y&R Chicago, Loew worked at creative boutiques Black Rocket in San Francisco and McConnaughy Stein Schmidt Brown in Chicago.
In addition to his tenure at Y&R Chicago, Wyville worked as a creative director for Fallon Minneapolis on the BMW account and at McConnaughy Stein Schmidt Brown, Chicago.
Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.
The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.
Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.
Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.
Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.
Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.
Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.
The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More