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    ThinkLA names its board of directors

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    LOS ANGELES --

    ThinkLA has named its 2020 board of directors after its annual election process. Members of the board include executives from a wide range of firms, including Amazon and Amazon Studios, BET, Deutsch, Horizon Media, Walton Isaacson, NBCUniversal Media and Radical Media.

    ThinkLA is a media, marketing, and advertising collective which helps these businesses survive by fostering connectivity and producing educational and networking events.

    The goal of ThinkLA is to facilitate business growth and promote the intellectual infrastructure for creativity, bringing together creators, buyers, and sellers and helping its members stay ahead of the curve and prosper in the rapidly evolving advertising ecosystem.

    The trade association supports hundreds of creative and media companies representing over 10,000 employees in the Los Angeles area. The new board members will help guide the association as it continues its mission to connect, educate and inspire the Southern California marketing community. 

    Here’s a rundown of the executive committee, directors and new directors on the board:

    2020 Executive Committee

    Serena Duff, GM Western Region, Horizon Media (Co-President)
    Pete Imwalle, Executive VP, Chief Operating Officer, RPA (Co-President)
    Eric Johnson, President, Ignited (Vice President)
    Steve Orenstein, Chief Financial Officer, battery (Treasurer)

    2020 Directors

    • Kirsten Atkinson, VP, Client Partnerships, NBCUniversal Media
    • Alexis Boerger, Founder, Orion Consulting
    • Luis Camano, Founder/Chief Creative, Key Activations
    • Andrew Derr, Media & Platform Senior Sales Leader, Amazon
    • Jean Freeman, Principal + CEO, Zambezi
    • Tim Hand, Co-Owner, TJH & Associates
    • Wanda Kato, EVP Managing Partner, Horizon Media
    • Mikeala Liboro, Director of PR/Communications, TBWAChiatDay
    • Stuart McLean, Founder, S3 Software
    • Samantha Perlich, Sales Director, Fyllo
    • Zach Rosenburg, Growth Consultant, Zach Rosenburg Consulting
    • Frank Scherma, President, Radical Media
    • Karin Shaer, Chief Marketing Officer, The Firm
    • Carol Terakawa, CRO, Shopkick
    • Aaron Walton, President, Walton Isaacson

    New directors to the Board

    • Greg Castonovo, President, Zenith/Moxie/MRY
    • Latasha Gillespie, Head of Diversity, Amazon Studios
    • Jenna Lauer, Managing Partner, Hall & Partners
    • Kim Lewis, SVP, BET
    • Kevin Mayer, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, BJ’s Restaurant
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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    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

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