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Rhinofx, New York, has hired Lorin Munchick as in-house business development manager. Focusing on East Coast and European representation, Munchick will work in-house alongside Jay Braddock, who shares East Coast repping responsibilities as well as handling the Texas market…..New York-based Christopher Zander and Diane Patrone of The Family are now representing bicoastal Transistor Studios, a company known for DVD, Web, print and motion design in the commercial, broadcast and entertainment fields. Also on the Family roster is Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., and Chicago, a sister shop to Transistor….Michelle Brunwasser has launched independent firm MB & Co., New York; the new venture has taken on East Coast spot representation for New York-based animation and design house FlickerLab. Brunwasser formerly served as general manager and director of business development for Sideshow, New York. Prior to that she was director of business development at Postworks, New York, and earlier VP/gm at now defunct The Anx. She is best known for her lengthy tenure at the since closed Tapehouse Companies, which was a New York mainstay operation….Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, has signed DP Sam Levy, who is currently shooting the feature Head Trauma, and DP David Stockton, presently working on CSI, for exclusive representation. DP Danny Hiele has wrapped lensing on Wannabe and is again available for spots via Dattner Dispoto and Associates……Category:Rep Reports
TikTok’s Fate Arrives At Supreme Court; Arguments Center On Free Speech and National Security
In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information.
TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok's sale by its Chinese parent company.
Working on a tight deadline, the justices also have before them a plea from President-elect Donald Trump, who has dropped his earlier support for a ban, to give him and his new administration time to reach a "political resolution" and avoid deciding the case. It's unclear if the court will take the Republican president-elect's views — a highly unusual attempt to influence a case — into account.
TikTok and China-based ByteDance, as well as content creators and users, argue the law is a dramatic violation of the Constitution's free speech guarantee.
"Rarely if ever has the court confronted a free-speech case that matters to so many people," lawyers for the users and content creators wrote. Content creators are anxiously awaiting a decision that could upend their livelihoods and are eyeing other platforms.
The case represents another example of the court being asked to rule about a medium with which the justices have acknowledged they have little familiarity or expertise, though they often weigh in on meaty issues involving restrictions on speech.
The Biden administration, defending the law that President Joe Biden signed in April after it was approved by wide bipartisan majorities in Congress, contends that... Read More
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