Colin Costello Archives · Page 23 of 28

Leo Burnett helps museum goers speak for specimens

By Colin Costello Jul 18, 2017

Well, we’ve been “voicing” everything from bees to dinosaurs in film and TV for decades now, so why not start doing the same for specimens in museums?That’s exactly what...

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Havas Chicago welcomes new GCD Karen Goodman

By Colin Costello Jul 18, 2017

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...

Sunnier days ahead for Chicago Sun Times?

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2017

The Chicago Sun-Times has new owners. And it’s not rival Chicago Tribune. The struggling tabloid, as well as The Chicago Reader, were sold to former Chicago Alderman Edwin...

See the Emmy noms for Outstanding Commercial

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2017

While most of the Emmy Awards broadcast audience will be on the edge of their seats watching House of Cards duke it out with The Handmaid’s Tale and Westworld, there will be a...

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Tom Burrell inducted into the One Club Hall of Fame

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2017

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...

SKIL and SKILSAW hire Escape Pod as AOR

By Colin Costello Jul 14, 2017

Naperville-based, Chervon, one of the world’s top 10 manufacturers of power tools, outdoor power equipment and related products, has named The Escape Pod as AOR for its SKIL a...

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rEvolution unites Winnebago and Maddon to get RAW

By Colin Costello Jul 13, 2017

And here I thought Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon lived in the dugout. Apparently not! Turns out Maddon and his wife, Jaye, live in a $500,000 Winnebago Grand Tour. During the ...

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Pittsburgh agency acquires Noble Communications

By Colin Costello Jul 12, 2017

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...

Arc creates new work for Lurie Children’s Hospital

By Colin Costello Jul 12, 2017

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago launched the second year of its touching "All, for your one" campaign.The long-form films, directed by Sandrine Orabona ...

Chicago actor Nelsan Ellis dies at 39

By Colin Costello Jul 10, 2017

Harvey-born Nelsan Ellis, who rose to fame as the character Lafayette on HBO’s True Blood, has died at the age of 39.Variety confirms the cause was complications from heart fa...

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Kurt Fries named CCO of McGarryBowen Chicago

By Colin Costello Jul 9, 2017

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 ...

SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP reach tentative agreement

By Colin Costello Jul 9, 2017

Looks as if actors and actresses belonging to SAG-AFTRA will continue to talk and not walk as, according to Deadline, the union has reached a tentative agreement with AMPTP (All...

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Radha Mitchell toplines “The World Without You”

By Colin Costello Jul 7, 2017

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...