In their first move since the launch of San Francisco agency Fancy last month, creative directors Mauro Alencar and Geoff Edwards have added two new creatives: DJ Neff, formerly of Deutsch LA, and Mark Krajan who comes over from TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles. At Deutsch, Neff worked exclusively on Sony PlayStation for the past year. Prior to that he was at Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Miami and Boulder. Colo. As for Krajan, he worked on Nissan-Infiniti and Visa at TBWAChiatDay. Previously he spent six years at McCann Worldgroup and T.A.G. in San Francisco on such brands as Xbox, Microsoft, General Motors and the San Francisco 49ers….SKUNK, New York, has signed director Julian Pugsley (formerly known as Pugsley) for spots. Pugsley has an agency pedigree, having been a creative at Berlin Cameron before eventually making the transition to director. His recent credits include a pair of Black & Decker campaigns for McCann Erickson, New York, and a two-spot package for Partnership for a Drug-Free America out of North Carolina agency McKinney….Elisa Orsburn has joined marketing ideas agency WONGDOODY, Culver City, Calif., as a broadcast producer. She will manage various broadcast projects and production efforts for agency clients including Full Tilt Poker and GameFly. Orsburn previously served as a producer at 72andSunny, El Segundo, Calif. While there, she oversaw full-scale productions including animation, live-action shoots, web films and music compositions for Microsoft Zune, Bugaboo and AND1. Prior to 72andSunny, Orsburn was an associate producer at TBWA/Chiat/Day in San Francisco, where she worked on broadcast projects for adidas, Motorola, Disney, Ameristar, McDonald's and Ask.com….Digital agency R/GA has added Peter Cole as technology director for its San Francisco office. He has a track record of producing successful rich-media applications and cutting edge digital experiences. Cole will partner with Mauro Cavalletti, executive creative director, R/GA San Francisco. Cole and Cavalletti previously worked at AKQA, where they collaborated on projects for Target. While there, Cole oversaw and built multiple engagements for Nike, Xbox, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Kraft. In addition, he helped develop and deploy the first iPhone applications for Target and Gap. During his eight-year tenure at AKQA San Francisco, Cole rose to become director of creative development. He previously held the title of multimedia and web developer at Saatchi & Saatchi and Citron, Haligman, Bedecarre, where he developed websites, online marketing and various digital experiences for clients including, Visa, Palm and Procter & Gamble….
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold A Law That Could Force TikTok To Shut Down On Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.
Early in arguments that lasted more than two and a half hours, Chief Justice John Roberts identified his main concern: TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance and the parent company's requirement to cooperate with the Chinese government's intelligence operations.
If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to "go dark" on Jan. 19, lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.
At the very least, Francisco urged, the justices should enter a temporary pause that would allow TikTok to keep operating. "We might be in a different world again" after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, also has called for the deadline to be pushed back to give him time to negotiate a "political resolution." Francisco served as Trump's solicitor general in his first presidential term.
But it was not clear whether any justices would choose such a course. And only Justice Neil Gorsuch sounded like he would side with TikTok to find that the ban violates the Constitution.
Gorsuch labeled arguments advanced by the Biden administration' in defense of the law a... Read More