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    Sherri Chambers returns to J. Walter Thompson NY as CMO

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    NEW YORK --

    J. Walter Thompson New York announced the appointment of Sherri Chambers as chief marketing officer. The agency will look to Chambers to lead the growth strategy in 2017 and beyond, building on the 2016 new business and creative momentum.

    Chambers brings 20 years of industry experience across a variety of agencies and clients to J. Walter Thompson New York, a shop which added eight new clients in 2016 including Wild Turkey, Newell, and Tudor, and was ranked #6 overall in NYC by the Lions 2016 Global Creativity Report.

    J. Walter Thompson New York has also bolstered its creative department with significant hires including Ian MacKellar, executive creative director, joining this week from Ogilvy Toronto where he was chief creative officer, and Alejandro Pere, creative director, who joined at the end of 2016 from BBDO Chicago.

    In her new role, Chambers will report to Lynn Power, CEO, J. Walter Thompson New York. And she will be able to draw support from the new and extended New York operations team which Power and Brent Choi, chief creative officer, have created.

    Chambers joins from The Barbarian Group where she served as head of account management, working with clients such as GE, Google, IBM, KIND and PepsiCo. Prior to her time at The Barbarian Group, Chambers headed up J. Walter Thompson New York’s Google account as the global business director. Previously, she has worked at 72andSunny, StrawberryFrog, Kirshenbaum, Bond & Partners and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

    The New York operations team led by Power and Choi is composed of Chambers, Matt Baker (head of planning), Jennifer Usdan (head of digital), Anthony Nelson (head of content), Paul Daligan (director of creative operations) Claire Charruau (associate director of communications), Mike Byrne (CFO) and Michael Steiger (head of talent).

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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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