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    Passion Pictures Lands Giant Ant For U.S. Representation

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    Slack's "Amazing Spaceship" spot produced by Giant Ant
    NEW YORK --

    International animation production company Passion Pictures has signed Canada-based creative studio Giant Ant to its roster of talent for representation in the U.S. Giant Ant is a collaborative creative studio working within the fields of animation and documentary.

    Giant Ant is a collective of writers, animators and directors with a body of material across various strands and styles of animation. Aside from applying their creative skills to the collective’s own independent animated projects and features, they are growing their portfolio of storytelling commercial work across a range of industries. Some of these stories have come from clients like Costa Del Mar, Toms, 84000, and Slack. For the latter, a messaging app facilitating teamwork, Giant Ant created “Amazing Spaceship,” a whimsical retro-animation spot showing how different factions can come together, in this case for outer space exploration.

    Passion’s EP Ryan Goodwin-Smith observed, “Giant Ant filled a gap on Passion’s roster, while being in keeping with the kind of style the company champions. It soon became clear we shared many common ambitions with our work, not least to connect with people through commercials, film and TV for a global audience.”

    Jay Grandin, Giant Ant partner and creative director, commented that ‘we’re very excited to join such an amazing group of artists at Passion, and to take our commercial work in the U.S. to the next level.”

    The Giant Ant studio is based in Vancouver, B.C. Passion maintains studios in London, Paris, New York and Melbourne.

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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