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Tag: advertising news

The Colonie helps give another Bueller a day off
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The Colonie helps give another Bueller a day off

By Barbara Roche Nov 13, 2026
Forty years later, Jeanie Bueller still has a problem with her brother. While Ferris is off enjoying himself, she’s left handling the responsibilities. For Chicago’s The Co...
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Manifest acquires Chicago’s Morning Walk, adding 50 staffers
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Manifest acquires Chicago’s Morning Walk, adding 50 staffers

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2026
Manifest has acquired Chicago-based independent agency Morning Walk, expanding its Midwest presence and adding approximately 50 professionals across public relations, social me...
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Chicago producer Molly Flynn Scoggin dies at 57
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Chicago producer Molly Flynn Scoggin dies at 57

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2026
Molly Catherine Flynn Scoggin, a longtime Chicago advertising producer, Second City Conservatory graduate, and devoted mother whose humor brought people together across decades...
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AICP Awards Tour comes to Chicago Nov. 19
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AICP Awards Tour comes to Chicago Nov. 19

By Barbara Roche Nov 10, 2026
The 2026 AICP Awards Tour makes its final stop in Chicago on Thursday, November 19, bringing the city’s advertising and production community back to The Old Post Office for a...
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Highdive taps Bryan Cranston to wake up America for T-Mobile
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Highdive taps Bryan Cranston to wake up America for T-Mobile

By Reel Chicago Nov 9, 2026
T-Mobile has launched a new national advertising campaign introducing T-Mix, a wireless offering that allows customers to choose their benefits and change them every 90 days. D...
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Illinois film industry pushes for lower federal tax credit threshold
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Illinois film industry pushes for lower federal tax credit threshold

By Reel Chicago Oct 30, 2026
A grassroots coalition of 67 Illinois film businesses, equipment rental houses, producers, and union crew members has petitioned the Illinois Congressional Delegation to amend ...
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Go Brewing skips Influencers for people who barely post
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Go Brewing skips Influencers for people who barely post

By Reel Chicago Oct 30, 2026
Go Brewing is looking for influencers. Just not the kind who actually influence online. The Naperville-based brewery has launched Cold Standard, a 45-calorie non-alcoholic A...
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Highdive marks 10 Years with Chicago artist Dwight White
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Highdive marks 10 Years with Chicago artist Dwight White

By Reel Chicago Oct 30, 2026
Highdive is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a work of art rooted in the Chicago creative community that helped shape the agency. The independent Chicago shop has commi...
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SCC names Cara Wetters Chief Media Officer
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SCC names Cara Wetters Chief Media Officer

By Reel Chicago Oct 30, 2026
Schafer Condon Carter has named Cara Wetters chief media officer, bringing an 18-year holding company veteran into its executive leadership team as SCC continues to strengthen ...
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Liz Whelan and Kate Brennan launch PAiR in Chicago
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Liz Whelan and Kate Brennan launch PAiR in Chicago

By Barbara Roche Oct 22, 2026
More than 25 years after meeting as interns at FleishmanHillard’s Chicago office, Liz Whelan and Kate Brennan are launching PAiR, a new firm built around a fresh approach t...
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Ogilvy x Sandro Miller remind us why moviegoing matters for CIFF
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Ogilvy x Sandro Miller remind us why moviegoing matters for CIFF

By Reel Chicago Oct 16, 2026
At a time when most of us can summon almost any movie from the couch, the Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) is making a case for something streaming still cannot repli...
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Kettle & Fire goes full on caveman for first campaign
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Kettle & Fire goes full on caveman for first campaign

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2026
Wellness marketing can get complicated fast. Powders. Pills. Gadgets. Hacks. Protocols. Routines. Kettle & Fire and Chicago-based AOR Someoddpilot are taking the opposite a...
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Xero Shoes puts Isaiah Stewart everywhere at once
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Xero Shoes puts Isaiah Stewart everywhere at once

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2026
Chicago-based Someoddpilot is putting NBA big man Isaiah Stewart everywhere at once in a new campaign for Xero Shoes, using duplication to capture the Detroit forward’s relen...
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Roman Reigns brings Akuma’s fury to The General
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Roman Reigns brings Akuma’s fury to The General

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2026
Getting dropped by your insurance company can feel like a fight. So The General and BBDO Chicago decided to make it one. In the latest installment of the brand’s “The Br...
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Laughlin Constable PR wins PRSA Chicago Skyline Award
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Laughlin Constable PR wins PRSA Chicago Skyline Award

By Reel Chicago Oct 3, 2026
Laughlin Constable Public Relations has earned a PRSA Chicago Skyline Award for its work supporting the transformation of Hollywood Casino Joliet. The agency’s “Hollywoo...
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M&M’S take center stage in TV-inspired spots from BBDO Chicago
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M&M’S take center stage in TV-inspired spots from BBDO Chicago

BY Reel Chicago Sep 28, 2026
M&M’S have jumped out of the snack bowl and onto the screen in BBDO Chicago’s latest campaign, Screentime. Directed by Rami Hachache through PRETTYBIRD US, the campa...
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Havas names BBDO vet Larry Gies Chief Strategy Officer
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Havas names BBDO vet Larry Gies Chief Strategy Officer

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2026
Havas Chicago has named Larry Gies its new Chief Strategy Officer, bringing the longtime Energy BBDO strategist back into the Havas network and onto the agency’s senior leade...
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Danny DeVito gets ‘Stacked and Jacked’ for Jersey Mike’s new NFL campaign
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Danny DeVito gets ‘Stacked and Jacked’ for Jersey Mike’s new NFL campaign

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2026
Jersey Mike’s is heading into year two of its NFL partnership with a new campaign platform and one very unexpected franchise quarterback. Created with Highdive, Game Day Mike...
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HomeGoods goes big with larger-than-life activation
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HomeGoods goes big with larger-than-life activation

By Reel Chicago Sep 22, 2026
HomeGoods took its “Never Shop the Same” platform quite literally, supersizing everyday home finds for a larger-than-life experiential activation in Chicago’s Pioneer Cou...
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Applebee’s brings creative account back to the Midwest with BBDO Chicago
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Applebee’s brings creative account back to the Midwest with BBDO Chicago

By Reel Chicago Sep 19, 2026
After nearly a decade with Grey, Applebee’s is bringing its creative account back to the Midwest. The casual-dining chain has named BBDO Chicago its new creative agency, h...
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