Omelet, an L.A.-based branding, marketing and entertainment company, announced that Victoria Guenier has been appointed as partner and head of production. In this position Guenier will oversee the production of broadcast and integrated marketing content for Omelet’s current and future brand partners.
Since joining Omelet, Guenier produced the company’s successful global Windows campaign for Microsoft. Guenier most recently produced a short film for Moët & Chandon that debuted during Times Square’s historic New Year’s Eve celebration. She’s also currently overseeing the development of Omelet’s new website.
With more than 15 years of experience, Guenier recently came from Deutsch LA where she served as sr. VP, director of broadcast production. Throughout her career, Guenier has collaborated with brands like IBM, HTC, Target, and Motorola, and oversaw production of one of the most memorable TV spots of 2012–VW’s Mini Darth Vader commercial.
Outside of advertising, Guenier has also partnered with her husband, Hans Ritter, to produce independent films including Sound of My Voice, which was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival and nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards.
Judge Gives US Justice Dept. Until December To Propose Penalties For Google’s Illegal Search Monopoly
A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring.
The loose-ended timeline sketched out by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta came during the first court hearing since he branded Google as a ruthless monopolist in a landmark ruling issued last month.
Mehta's decision triggered the need for another phase of the legal process to determine how Google should be penalized for years of misconduct and forced to make other changes to prevent potential future abuses by the dominant search engine that's the foundation of its internet empire.
Attorneys for the Justice Department and Google were unable to reach a consensus on how the time frame for the penalty phase should unfold in the weeks leading up to Friday's hearing in Washington D.C., prompting Mehta to steer them down the road that he hopes will result in a decision on the punishment before Labor Day next year.
To make that happen, Mehta indicated he would like the trial in the penalty phase to happen next spring. The judge said March and April look like the best months on his court calendar.
If Mehta's timeline pans out, a ruling on Google's antitrust penalties would come nearly five years after the Justice Department filed the lawsuit that led to a 10-week antitrust trial last autumn. That's similar to the timeline Microsoft experienced in the late 1990s when regulators targeted them for its misconduct in the personal computer market.
The Justice Department hasn't yet given any inkling on how severely Google should be punished. The most likely targets are the long-running... Read More