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    Astrow Ziegler, New York has undergone some restructuring. Dana Astrow adds Oil Factory Films, Hollywood, to her roster of companies, which also includes bicoastal Epoch Films, and New York-based Nocturnal Commercials. She exclusively handles East Coast representation for those companies. Peter Ziegler now exclusively represents Stiefel + Company, Santa Monica, bicoastal The End, Unscented, Los Angeles, and gigantic, Beverly Hills, Calif., on the East Coast. Both reps continue to handle East Coast sales for Spot Welders, Venice, Calif…Kelly Flint is joining the New York office of independent rep firm Help! and bringing client nonAficAtion, Santa Monica, with her. Help! will handle nonAficAtion on the East Coast. Meanwhile, Flint will continue to represent bicoastal X-1 Films under her longstanding New York banner, Flint & Sons. Help-founded by Mary Knox and Alyson Daniels-also maintains a Minneapolis officeA..Chicago-based rep firm Gay Guthrey and Associates has been named to handle Midwest and Southwest sales for Dallas-based directorz….. Morningside Movies, New York, has signed director Gianfrano Quattrini for U.S. spot representationA.Steven Jacob has launched Gravity Talent Agency, West Hollywood, for commercials, features and TV. Jacob was formerly with the New York branch of bicoastal The Gersh Agency. Gravity opens with a DP roster comprised of Joe Arcidiacono, Adam Beckman, Matthew Clark, Joe DeSalvo, Larry Fong, Karl Hahn, Tom Hurwitz, Ellen Kuras A.S.C., Charles Libin, Curtis Lee Mitchell, David Morabito, Glen Mordeci, George Motz, Spencer Newman, Carl Norr, David Norton, Bob Richman, Richard Rutkowski, and Romeo Tirone; and production designers Jenny Burton, Marco DiMaccio, Jimbo Marshall and Pamela ShamshiriA. Charlex, New York, has named Donna Goodman director of salesA.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    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."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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