MPC New York is pleased to announce several significant new hires to its production ranks designed to strengthen its work in color grading, finishing, visual effects, live action and virtual reality.
Joining is Dani Zeitlin, who comes aboard as Executive Producer of Color. Most recently she was with the New York-based creative editorial and finishing studio Crew Cuts, where she was Head of Sales. At MPC NY Zeitlin will supervise marketing, workflow and client service for its corps of senior colorists who include Adrian Seery and James Tillett. During her eight years at Crew Cuts she worked closely with some of the city’s top creative talents on high-profile campaigns for a range of major agencies and brands such as Google, BBDO, Ogilvy, JWT and others.
Zeitlin’s appointment headlines a number of production hires already making a mark at the studio. Elissa Norman, formerly a senior producer at jumP Editorial, has joined as a Senior Producer. Norman started her career on the agency side in London at McCann before her move to the US and entry into the postproduction world. Prior to joining jumP she was an Executive Producer at Wildchild, where she helped launch the company’s VFX division. She’s also freelanced at such post houses as The Whitehouse and Cut + Run, and was bicoastal executive producer at the iconic music and sound design studio Tomandandy.
Rounding out the producer hires are Senior Producer Brendan Kahn, who most recently was at 321 Launch, and Producer Dorian Douglass, who joins from Studio 6, the in-house facility at Havas. In addition, MPC’s Chris Connolly and Aiste Akelaityte were promoted to Associate Producer roles from scheduling.
“We’re delighted to have such talented and dedicated people joining us at MPC New York,” says Managing Director Justin Brukman. “As our clients continue to challenge us to deliver the best work possible across all of our lines of business, it falls to people like Dani, Elissa and the rest of our EP and producer corps to make sure our creative staff is meeting or exceeding expectations. Our continued growth reflects how successful they’ve been at doing just that.”
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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