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    Street Talk for May 1, 2015

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    New York-based production house Bunker has signed director Bram Coppens whose credits include campaigns for Lexus, Range Rover, Dockers, Gillette, Braun and Adidas. Coppens is also a founder and creative director of Croma, a group that specializes in product-centric filming. Born in Belgium in 1980, Coppens graduated from the Brussels Film Academy, RITS. His campaign for Christian Dior earned a nomination for the Young Directors Award at Cannes. In September of 2011, he moved to Los Angeles to focus on directing in the U.S. market…..

    Passion Paris, the French studio of international production company Passion Pictures, has signed director Samuel Tourneux. His first film made in collaboration with Passion, created by Leo Burnett for Coco Pops Porridge, was released recently and marked the beginning of a series of spots for the brand. A mainstay in the French CG industry, Tourneux studied his craft at top animation school Supinfocom before gaining a decade’s worth of experience as a special effects and animation supervisor in cinema and advertising. In 2007 his short film Meme les pigeons vont au paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven) was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short and since then he has directed numerous advertising films and varied shorts, including three for the Despicable Me franchise: “Banana”, “Home Makeover” and “Orientation Day”….

    Laura Bermudez has joined NY-based Sonic Union as producer, promoter and connector. Bermudez brings over a decade of experience as an editor on commercial and interactive projects at production, postproduction and ad agencies alike. Having previously collaborated with such shops as B-Reel, Psyop, VEVO, Decon, Bikini Edit, and Mother, Bermudez has developed a network of producers, editors and creatives. She got her start as an assistant editor at Version2, later working on a myriad of commercial projects at BlueRock before transitioning to freelance editorial work. She has cut notable branded pieces for the likes of Verizon, Google, Budweiser, Crayola, and Samsung as well as interactive work including the Kanye West short film “Cruel Summer,” which was a 7-screen installation at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival….

    Clutch Studios, a creator, producer and distributor of marketing content, has acquired 200 Stories Tall, a hybrid production, post and motion design company. Kevin McGurn, who heads 200 Stories Tall, will move his headquarters into Clutch Studios in Chicago to work alongside its 3D/CGI artists, creative retouchers and photographers to continue creating live action video for both brand and agency needs. Having worked with agencies, brands and filmmakers, McGurn gives Clutch a platform for integrating its artists, CGI services and shooting stages into motion projects. This expansion of services represents the next step in Clutch Studios’ evolution….

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    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

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