Draftfcb New York executive VPs/group creative directors Sandy Greenberg and Terri Meyer have been promoted to executive creative directors handling the Kraft, Gerber, Trane and American Standard accounts. They will continue to report to Chris Becker, chairman and chief creative officer of Draftfcb New York. In addition to continuing to oversee the Kraft brands handled by Draftfcb New York, such as Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons and 100 Calorie Packs, Meyer and Greenberg have been appointed to the agency’s newly formed Worldwide Creative Council on the Kraft business being led by Jonathan Harries, Draftfcb worldwide chief creative officer.The female creative duo boasts a successful creative partnership that spans more than 17 years and four agencies. Greenberg and Meyer have created campaigns for Kodak, Anheuser-Busch, Nabisco, Dow Corning, Campbell’s, Vlasic, Clairol, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Sunbeam and the Department of Justice….Suzie Greene Tedesco has been named executive producer at Venice, Calif.-based Argyle Brothers for director John Mastromonaco….
Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.
The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.
Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.
Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.
Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.
Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.
Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.
The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More