Numbers don’t lie: JCP turnaround attempt a fiasco
Well that didn’t take long. The current push to turn around and reinvent J.C. Penney is fast proving to be one whopper of a fiasco. JCP, as it’s now referred to,
Well that didn’t take long. The current push to turn around and reinvent J.C. Penney is fast proving to be one whopper of a fiasco. JCP, as it’s now referred to,
THE PILOT, “LIFE SUPPORT,” a sitcom about a support group for people in support groups, starring some of Chicago’s funniest stand-ups, actors, and improvisers screens at
When we heard Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago had picked up the Cedar Fair amusement parks advertising and public relations account, our first thought was “wow!” What a great opportunity for C-K to really
JIM LASKO, REDMOON THEATRE’S co-artistic director, has received a prestigious 2013 Loeb Fellowship from Harvard University. The Loeb program brings together ten mid-career individuals in architecture, art, urban
Good news for Chicago entertainment production! NBC Universal not unexpectedly ordered a full season of Dick Wolf’s “Chicago Fire.” The series will start shooting in mid-July and “will go at
Odd Machine’s L.A. office was in the driver’s seat for the production of a series of 12 commercial-length videos that captured the action of Fiat’s highly
A FUNDRAISER FOR CHITOWN, a documentary-in-progress from New York-based reality TV show director/producer Nick Budabin (Cake Boss, Kathy Griffin), who started shooting when he spent time here in 2011 producing
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CARRIE HOLECEK left Bridges Media and crossed over to Larry Bridges’ Red Car post facility to become its newly appointed managing director.
Red Car’s executive producer Jon Desir, who
THE 2012 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS are thinner than in years past for Chicago born-and-bred artists, but Jessie Mueller scored a nod for best featured actress in a musical
Nobody puts more mirth into their marketing initiatives than the trio of Smithe brothers — Tim, Mark and Walter — who preside over the well-known local furniture store chain Walter
AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR SCOTT SMITH, known for a steady output of short films, has joined the directors’ roster of Cutters’ production division Dictionary Films, alongside Bob
Fourteen commercials produced by Chicago agencies and one production company are on the AICP Shortlist of 230 spots that are competing for a final slot on
THE COLONIE’S partner/editor Bob Ackerman edited a Draftfcb/San Francisco Levi’s clever Dockers’ spot, “Phone Booth” for release in cinemas throughout Europe and directed by Caviar Content’s Bram Coppens of
Like it or not, the Internet and its seemingly infinite possibilities for marketing products have been all the rage in the advertising world for years.
So for we jaded types who
One hundred to 200 guests who turn up at an industry event is standard, 300 is darn good – but the 650 people who work as crew members attending last
Tom Burrell, who co-founded founded Burrell Advertising in 1971 and developed “positive realism” as a way of depicting African Americans using consumer products in an authentic
The big red notebook was missing. That was the first thing we noticed — how could we not? — when Draft FCB/Chicago chief creative officer Todd Tilford barreled into the
Leo Burnett is usually always the biggest winner of double digit awards for TV commercial excellence in the international competitions it enters throughout the year and the 48th annual Hugo
Brian Bullock got a double charge out of a package of ESPN spots currently airing that his fairly new re:think studios helped
Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano’s video My Asian Americana was passed over for a slot in the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ Champions of Change