Huge has appointed Nathan Weyer as the agency’s new managing director for Europe. He is the former VP and general manager of frog Europe, which he ran for the past four years. Weyer will divide his time between Amsterdam and London and work closely with Huge’s president and COO, Shirley Au who oversees the company’s global operations out of London. Over the last 12 months, Huge London has built out its own European offering. Huge London currently works with European brands Eurosport, SEAT, Unilever and Diageo, along with British companies such as FatFace and Ascot Racecourse….Director Dale Heslip has joined the roster of Toronto-based Sparks. His body of work spans commercials and TV; he even hit number one on the Billboard charts with a three-hour concert film he directed for Rush. Heslip commenced his career by being a successful art director and by the time Aerosmith asked him to design their live set, he had already entered the world of directing music videos. Heslip’s award-winning videos led him to directing television commercials, literally hundreds of them. He managed to diversify into episodic comedy, short films and documentaries….
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