Editor Steve Morrison rejoins Foundation as VP/general manager
“It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” says Steve Morrison about his new position as VP/general manager/editor of Foundation Content. He will assume
“It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” says Steve Morrison about his new position as VP/general manager/editor of Foundation Content. He will assume
We now know which five ad agencies (all in Chicago) have a shot at nabbing the Illinois Lottery account, with the winner expected to be announced in late January.
Those five
Director Sean Patrick Fahey, of hybrid production studio Odd Machine, will direct and co-produce “Nine Twelve,” an indie feature which explores the lives of three people who must confront
Today’s big shake-up in the Sprint ad agency roster will prompt plenty of fallout over the next several months. But sources today confirmed one of the shops to be hit
So far so… well, so not according to plan. The race to find a new ad agency for the Illinois Lottery has just begun, and already so much has
BRIAN PLANTE REJOINS Arlington Heights-based Midwest Media Group integrator/resellers EVP/business development in charge of the company’s North American sales operation.
Plante returns to MMG after three years as VP/business development at
It has been said one can tell much about a man’s character from the way he handles defeat. If this is so — and we most assuredly believe it to
EVERYONE HERE who worked on the Chicago-set, Chicago-filmed “Boss” – all the unions, the Cinespace owners, all of us who believe in our industry and want to see it thrive –
So now we know. After months of waiting and wondering where Mark Modesto would turn up, it turns out he has landed just a short distance from DraftFCB, the shop
Yes, dear readers, miracles do happen. Even, much to our amazement, in Illinois state government. Certainly one of the biggest miracles in the recent history of this state happened late
For years the advertising industry has struggled in the grip of infamous holding companies such as IPG, WPP and Publicis. Without question, these global conglomerates have changed the face of
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
IN OUR EFFORTS to expand coverage of more and different aspects of our vibrant and multi-faceted industry, the Reel will bring you news about Chicago theatre, with stories by the
This is what worries us. McGarryBowen, with offices in New York and Chicago, in recent months has been pegged a super hot ad agency by marketing media reporters (ourselves included)
It looks as if this busy summer of 2011 will be remembered as a time when some of the Chicago advertising industry’s most iconic client/agency relationships finally splintered and broke
Lisa Donohue, CEO of Starcom USA, has added still another award to the lengthy list of honors she’s accumulated over the past 24 years as a leading light of Starcom
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER sure got it wrong when it published its July 27 inaugural list of 25 top film schools in the world and egregiously omitting Columbia College
It’s over for DraftFCB. As many had suspected from the moment we announced last Christmas Eve that S.C. Johnson was launching an agency review, the Racine, Wis.-based home products company
We’re tempted to tag it the agency review of the century, if only because we heard truly hysterical, seemingly brain-dead TV talking heads repeatedly refer to the now infamous Casey
ORLANDO, WHERE THE exceedingly-hyped Casey Anthony case has gone to the jury for deliberation, isn’t the only town on high-profile verdict watch these days. Chicago has a couple of major