In the wake of the news of Chicago-based Roscor equipment company’s mass layoffs comes the equally distressing news that 25 year old Grace & Wild production and post company also
RED CAR’S JON DESIR is the first artist to appear in a new web series called “On the Side,” about creative people in the local advertising community who
After an almost two year absence from local production, former Cutters’ general manager John McGrath came back in full force as a partner in one of the city’s first wholly
CRITICAL REVIEWS of the debut episode of the Chicago-set NBC series The Playboy Club were, to say the least, disappointing. It attracted a painfully low 1.6/4 rating in the 18-49
Detroit’s RingSide Creative (RSCP), owned by Cutters’ Tim McGuire and industry executive Steve Wild, launched Picnic.
“Picnic will be able to utilize all of our collective talent and resources
The Midwest’s biggest single provider of production and satellite services is a new entity formed through a strategic partnership of RingSide Creative, Jeff Moon Production Services
OPRAH SAYS SHE’S CONSUMED with management and programming problems for her OWN cable network, but there’s a lovely honor ahead to take her mind off her business concerns. Oprah will
INVITING MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL to speak at a Chicago Ad Federation luncheon incubated last January, when the CAF’s Speakers Series committee convened to discuss potential speakers for its
Jeff McCarter has no regrets about having left his successful film and TV career to start Free Spirit Media, which, since 2001 has put 2,500 underserved urban youth “on the
Call it serendipity or maybe just good timing that brings award-winning superstar editor/director Chris Hafner to Chicago.
When Hafner, who had been editing for Detroit’s Ringside Editorial since 2006, expressed his
UTOPIC DID CHICAGO PROUD by being one of the 21 winners among a wide range of editorial houses at Tuesday night’s AICE 10th Annual Awards in
Four chicago editors were among the 52 finalists in 15 categories (not including the 8 regional “Bests”) vying for top honors in AICE’s Tenth Anniversary competition, honoring creative excellence in
Call it one of those great-minds-think-alike coincidences that two-year old “Fun Employed” webisodes and MTV’s “UnderEmployed” upcoming pilot are mirror images of each other.
But “Fun Employed” fans ain’t
Energy BBDO’s Mike Roe hit a double header writing and directing client White Sox’ new currently airing “All In” campaign. It’s the second year Energy’s group creative director was up
TORONTO-BASED DIRECTOR Jesse Shamata formerly on the roster of Imported Artists in Canada and known for his comedic vision, has joined the roster of Dictionary Films, the 18-month old division
“SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL” lands in Chicago in early summer for a reported 12 weeks of prep and 12 weeks of filming. The Warner Bros. blockbuster-budgeted adventure/fantasy stars handsome, young Brit
Cutters’ Grant Gustafson has earned a special place in the pantheon editorial excellence by having editing two of the most popular Super Bowl commercials of the decade.
In the “Super Bowl’s
BEAST EDITORIAL IS SMOKIN’ with the additon of Smoke artist Mark Anderson hired last month upon his return home from a two-year stint at Crash
AFTER NEARLY A DECADE as Cutters’ CGI director, Brian Bullock has left to start re:think post, quite possibly the city’s first company specializing in creating 3D
