Great Guns has signed commercial, documentary and drama director Finn McGough for representation in the U.S., Middle East and Asia.
McGough’s commercial portfolio features a wide array of brands spanning Volkswagen, Marks & Spencer, McDonald’s, E45, Shredded Wheat, Lloyds, Budweiser, and more. His appreciation for human stories shines throughout–for McCain, he crafted a heartfelt celebration of all types of diverse families; for Nokia, he followed a day in the life of the oldest active hockey player; for Cancer Research UK, he uncovered the way children are influenced by cigarette packaging, earning a Bronze Arrow and Silver Clio. In addition to further British Arrows accolades, McGough has also won a D&AD Pencil and two APA Top 50 accreditations.
As a documentary director, McGough has traveled across continents, making Lonely Planet guides in Kenya and Italy, and even being blindfolded and dropped in Azerbaijan for Channel 4’s Lost adventure series. His subsequent observational BBC films, The Professional Charmer and Summer With The Johnsons, picked up a PRIX EUROPA for Best Non-Fiction Film and a Royal Television Society Breakthrough Talent nomination.
In the drama realm, McGough was nominated for Best Film and Best Cinematography at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival for his short Flak, based on a story by Alan Sillitoe.
McGough said of Great Guns, “Their reputation as a global producer of fine and varying work says it all, so I’m looking forward to exciting times ahead (and to finally having a drink at their London pub–bonus!)”
Michel Waxman, managing executive producer at Great Guns in the U.S., added, “Finn’s passion for incredibly relatable storytelling beautifully blends tiny grounded moments of life with cinematic scope, making it an ideal match with all the brands today seeking an authentic connection.”
Changing OpenAI’s Nonprofit Structure Would Raise Questions and Heightened Scrutiny
The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion.
Nonprofit tax experts have been closely watching OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, since last November when its board ousted and rehired CEO Sam Altman. Now, some believe the company may have reached — or exceeded — the limits of its corporate structure, under which it is organized as a nonprofit whose mission is to develop artificial intelligence to benefit "all of humanity" but with for-profit subsidiaries under its control.
Jill Horwitz, a professor in law and medicine at UCLA School of Law who has studied OpenAI, said that when two sides of a joint venture between a nonprofit and a for-profit come into conflict, the charitable purpose must always win out.
"It's the job of the board first, and then the regulators and the court, to ensure that the promise that was made to the public to pursue the charitable interest is kept," she said.
Altman recently confirmed that OpenAI is considering a corporate restructure but did not offer any specifics. A source told The Associated Press, however, that the company is looking at the possibility of turning OpenAI into a public benefit corporation. No final decision has been made by the board and the timing of the shift hasn't been determined, the source said.
In the event the nonprofit loses control of its subsidiaries, some experts think OpenAI may have to pay for the interests and assets that had belonged to the nonprofit. So far, most observers agree OpenAI has carefully orchestrated its relationships between its nonprofit and its various other corporate entities to try to avoid that.
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