At Ad Age’s July 19 Small Agency of the Year Awards in Nashville, Chicago-based The Escape Pod won Gold in “The Midwest Small Agency category.”The independent agency recen...
Former Under Amour creative, Karen Goodman, has joined Havas Chicago as Group Creative Director.According to Agency Spy, she will lead the creative on the agency’s Hefty and R...
Iconic advertising pioneer, Tom Burrell, whose illustrious career transformed both the way people of color were portrayed in marketing communications, as well as their roles wit...
Forty-nine-year-old Noble Communications has been acquired by Pittsburgh-based Gatesman. The move expands Pittsburgh’s sixth largest agency’s footprint into both Springfield...
“At the end of the day,
if we didn’t accomplish
anything else,
we accomplished
some smiles.
That is medicine.”
Chris Jacobs
First of a three-part se...
Congratulations are in order for well-liked and respected advertising veteran, Kurt Fries, as he has been promoted to CCO of Mcgarrybowen Chicago.According to an Adweek article ...
Chicago-based SB Productions announces Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, London has Fallen), last seen in the faith-based film, The Shack, alongside Sam Worthington and Octavia Spenc...
ESAI MORALES (NYPD BLUE) is back on the beat with a new recurring role on “Chicago PD,” as Chief Lugo, a 30-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. The new character...
NAMES IN THE NEWS. Industry veteran Tom Fletcher, the former Fletcher Camera & Lenses executive, was named director of sales at Fujifilm's optical devices division. In his n...
McDONALD’S FIRST WORK from its new agency, We are Unlimited Chicago, is a 60-second rap spot, “There’s a Big Mac for That.” The original composition, with a drum ma...
SCREENING AT SUNDANCE (Jan, 19-29) will be the 28-minute doc, “Trophy,” that was funded by the Chicago equity firm of CMP Invest / Impact, that invests in documentaries...
IT LOOKS LIKE A CAPACITY CROWD will attend the James Pope Celebration of Life this Sunday at the Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark, from noon to 4 p.m.Producer Michelle Breger, who’s...
11 DOLLAR BILL, Bridges Media’s 2-year old post division, opened a branch facility in downtown Boulder, Colorado, run by partner / CCO Christian Robins, who recently moved to...
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY conducted by Comcast-owned STRATA, 43% of agencies reported in Q4 2016 that their business will increase in Q1 2017. Of these, 42% are anticipating adding ...
DOCMAKER MORGAN SPURLOCK’S WARRIOR POETS production company’s first project for his company's new strategic partnership with Indiegogo will be a documentary from Chicag...
PANAVISION CAMERAS, which returned to Chicago after a 14-year absence last October, has completed its move into a 13,000-sq. ft. facility a block-long building at 1544 W. Carrol...
DAILY PLANET’S POP-UP SHOP of hand-designed T-shirts last week raised a mighty $13,000 to help provide shelter for many of StreetWise’s homeless vendors.That’s almost doub...
THE 70-PLUS GUESTS at ChicPUG’s (Chicago Creative Pro Users Group) Wrap Party last week at the Metropolitan Club cheered lucky member Tony Abasolo when he won the two top raff...
At its Dec. 15 Annual Christmas Party, the Central Illinois Film Commission will present its first-ever “Man of the Year Award” to the mayor of Springfield, James O. Langfel...
PARTICIPANT MEDIA'S $25 MILLION FEATURE, "Captive State," will lead off movie production in Chicago in 2017, having opened an office, production, wardrobe and construction mill ...
