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    VFX creative director Jerry Spivack, colorists Michael Pethel, Matthew Schwab join SHIPPING + HANDLING

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    LOS ANGELES --

    SHIPPING + HANDLING, producers of high-end postproduction finishing, color grading, motion design, and animation work for commercials, music videos and feature films as well as VR and AR media, has added VFX creative director Jerry Spivack as well as colorists Michael Pethel and Matthew Schwab.

    Alongside executive producer Scott Friske and current creative director Casey Price, Spivack will support in leading the creative bandwidth of SHIPPING + HANDLING. As the creative director/co-founder at Ring of Fire, Spivack was responsible for crafting and spearheading VFX on commercials for brands including FedEx, Nike and Jaguar; episodic work for series television including Netflix’s Wormwood and 12 seasons of FX’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; promos for NBC’s The Voice and Titan Games; and feature films such as Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man 2, Bold Films’ Drive, and Warner Bros.’ The Bucket List.

    As a founding partner of Company 3, colorist Pethel has been delivering beautiful content to screens, small and large for over 20 years. For the last five years, Pethel has serviced client and director relationships under his BeachHouse Color brand which he will continue to maintain. Pethel’s body of work includes campaigns for Carl’s Jr., Chase, Coke, Comcast/Xfinity, Hyundai, Jeep, Netflix, and Southwest Airlines. 

    Colorist Schwab of Roving Picture Company has worked closely with SHIPPING + HANDLING on multiple campaigns for Apple, Acura, QuickBooks, and numerous others over the last two years. He now formally comes on board the SHIPPING + HANDLING roster. Aside from SHIPPING + HANDLING projects, Schwab will continue to also be available through Roving Picture Company. Schwab has collaborated on projects for Amazon, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, NatGeo, Netflix, Nike, Sony PlayStation, and Smirnoff.

    Spivack, Pethel an Schwab will be operating out of SHIPPING + HANDLING’s office with sister company, editorial post house Spot Welders’ shared creative campus on the West Coast.

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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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