Veronica Lombardo has launched her own independent sales and rep company, Veronica Lombardo Management (VLM), which handles representation on the West Coast and in Texas for a roster which includes kroma digital cosmetics, Somatic and Delolo. The latter is a video and art-making collective made up of artist/designer Leila Fakouri and actor/writer Will Bowles. Somatic, owned by executive producer Steve Waite and executive creative director James Thayer, is a Los Angeles-based digital studio that applies its signature graphic style to varied disciplines–specializing in integrated motion graphics, live action, VFX and editorial. And kroma is a digital cosmetics company that was founded in 2001 by Bert and Amy Yukich whose work includes commercial collaborations with brands such as Crest, L’Oreal, Tresemme, Candie’s, CoverGirl and Palmolive. Over the past 14 years Lombardo has represented content creators and diverse talent as a below-the-line agent at Partos Company, NYO and Sheldon Prosnit Agency (now known as Represent). In 2008 she broke out on her own, hanging her own shingle, opening 9 Agency….
A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly
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