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Gaffer Rhomberg sells grip/ lighting gear to Essanay

Gaffer Rhomberg sells grip/ lighting gear to Essanay

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 28, 2013
Marty Rhomberg of Northern Lighting & Power emphasized that “I am not retiring or moving to the Bahamas,” with the sale of his equipment to Essanay Studio & Lighting...
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2012 shoot days of 1,808 up 45% over previous year

2012 shoot days of 1,808 up 45% over previous year

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 28, 2013
Chicago production had its busiest year ever in 2012.  A total of 406 total projects across all visual media shot 1,808 days.  This is up 45%, when 391 projects shot 1...
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Sears Optical sees fresh approach to storytelling
  • Lewis Lazare

Sears Optical sees fresh approach to storytelling

By Lewis Lazare Jan 24, 2013
It’s a basic axiom.  If advertising campaigns don’t get refreshed, they usually get stale.  And when ad campaigns become stale, that usually means consumers become...
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Rossiter to give new meaning to Dictionary Films

Rossiter to give new meaning to Dictionary Films

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 23, 2013
Dictionary Films, Cutters’ production arm which went gangbusters in 2012, is headed for a bigger spot in the galaxy of production houses with the addition  of one of adve...
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SCC’s ‘world’s biggest spot’ not an idle boast
  • Lewis Lazare

SCC’s ‘world’s biggest spot’ not an idle boast

By Lewis Lazare Jan 23, 2013
It certainly cannot claim to be the world’s largest ad agency.  Or even the largest in Chicago.  But no matter.  Schafer Condon Carter/Chicago can now boast of ...
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Cooper’s ‘The Painter’ adds voice to child violence
  • Indie Focus

Cooper’s ‘The Painter’ adds voice to child violence

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 22, 2013
DIRECTOR KEVIN COOPER of Amarok Productions, who directed the family dog film I Heart Shakey, arguably the first stereoscopic 3D feature made in Chicago, tackles the tough ...
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C-K adds chef’s favorite Vitamix to new business mix
  • Lewis Lazare

C-K adds chef’s favorite Vitamix to new business mix

By Lewis Lazare Jan 22, 2013
Just when things seem darkest, a ray of light often materializes to indicate all is not lost.   And sure enough, that is what has happened at Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago. ...
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Vagabond nominated for sound industry’s top award

Vagabond nominated for sound industry’s top award

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 21, 2013
Given the awards and acclaim heaped on Steve James The Interrupters, Vagabond Audio’s Drew Weir didn’t find it too surprising when the documentary was nominated for a 2...
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Local makeup genius competes on Syfy’s ‘Face Off’

Local makeup genius competes on Syfy’s ‘Face Off’

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 21, 2013
EFFECTS MAKEUP SPECIALIST, Westmont-based J. Anthony Kosar, 27-year old award-winning, artist, creature designer, sculptor, theatre, film and commercials special effects cr...
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ESW wins new accounts, adds staff, plans rebranding
  • Lewis Lazare

ESW wins new accounts, adds staff, plans rebranding

By Lewis Lazare Jan 17, 2013
It isn’t always on our radar screen in quite the same way some other local ad shops are, but, as it turns out, there’s lots happening at ESW Partners/Chicago these days...
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Lyric Opera-SC improvs a box office hit
  • Lewis Lazare

Lyric Opera-SC improvs a box office hit

By Lewis Lazare Jan 15, 2013
Sands shift.  They shift under people.  They shift under institutions too.  Perhaps no cultural organization in Chicago has recognized just how much the sands are...
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Mike Roe to Energy BBDO; writer Mike Roe to Mbira

Mike Roe to Energy BBDO; writer Mike Roe to Mbira

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 15, 2013
AFTER A SHORT STINT at McGarryBowen where he worked on the equally short-lived Bud Light account, executive creative director Mike Roe returned to Energy BBDO the start of the N...
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SCC made record gains in 2012, promotes 4 creatives

SCC made record gains in 2012, promotes 4 creatives

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 15, 2013
Schafer Condon Carter’s president/managing partner David Selby said “something special is happening here,” as he announced the promotion of four creative members of t...
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Online baseball museum records historic interviews

Online baseball museum records historic interviews

By Steve Rubinstein Jan 11, 2013
Two ReelChicago contributors are repackaging historic interviews from the old syndicated Diamond Gems baseball radio show for the Chicago Baseball Museum website. The proje...
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Chicago-set-and-shot TV series victims of low ratings

Chicago-set-and-shot TV series victims of low ratings

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 11, 2013
With “Chicago Fire’s” ratings red hot, the NBC Universal prime-time drama got the go-ahead for a full 22 episode series that will continue to shoot in Chicago through Marc...
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His own shop awaits O’Keefe departing from DraftFCB

His own shop awaits O’Keefe departing from DraftFCB

By Lewis Lazare Jan 10, 2013
Who could blame him.  On Wednesday, veteran Chicago ad man Tom O’Keefe probably breathed a huge sigh of relief, and simply said he wanted out. Yes, out.  Though deta...
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‘You Don’t Know Jack’ wins Spike social game award

‘You Don’t Know Jack’ wins Spike social game award

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 10, 2013
Even Jellyvision Games staff were surprised when the Facebook version of their long-running trivia game You Don’t Know Jack won in the new Social Game of the Year category at ...
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The Mill opens March 4 with 12 new-to-city staffers

The Mill opens March 4 with 12 new-to-city staffers

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 10, 2013
Jared Yeater has visited and done business in Chicago “many, many times,” he says, and in mid-February he will take up permanent residency as the executive producer of The M...
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Dolly Varden celebrates release of new album
  • REEL to REAL

Dolly Varden celebrates release of new album

By Lou Carlozo Jan 9, 2013
While mid-January typically ushers in the post-holiday winter blahs, anyone who makes it to City Winery on Sat. Jan. 19 will bask in the sunshine of harmony-rich pop with a sedu...
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New business and a high rating for Burnett

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 8, 2013
CHICAGO’S BIGGEST AGENCY, Leo Burnett, fittingly starts the New Year news cycle off with two noteworthy achievements.  The first: This month the Chicago agency takes over...
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