We are not that far from when pitchers and catchers will report to Sloan Stadium in Mesa, Arizona to begin Spring Training. And with Spring Training comes a new marketing campai...
State Farm will have the McDonald’s agency business model with possibly a couple of co-op vendors on the side to go, according to a report in Adweek.
Taking a page from th...
Internationally renowned voice actor Laurence Harold Moran died on Thurs, Dec. 28, 2017.
Known throughout the Chicago production community as "The Funny Voice Man," Moran en...
Native Chicagoan Johnny “Z” Zwiersko’s advertising, entertainment and film accomplishments include producing numerous national broadcast spots for J Walter Thompson (JWT),...
Matt Miller, President and CEO of AICP, announced yesterday that Robin Shenfield, Co-Founder and CEO of The Mill, will serve as Chairperson of the 2018 AICP Show: The Art & Tech...
The Escape Pod promotes Celia Jones to Chief Executive Officer
Celia Jones has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at The Escape Pod.
Jones, who joined the Chicago-b...
Chicago-born Frances McDormand, Highland Park's Rachel Brosnahan and Oprah Winfrey stood out in a sea of black dresses which symbolized the #Metoo #Timesup movements by women in...
Former DDB CCO Bob Scarpelli once told me, “All good ideas eventually find a home.” That is certainly the case with the exciting two-year-old horror film, Before I Wake, whi...
Leviathan dazzled up the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel & Casino with an interactive display in the lobby of the iconic landmark on the strip.
Titled, “Mirror Mirage,” the in...
What happens to the concept of giving back when the decorations come down and the red Starbucks cups disappear?
DDB Chicago continues their strong "Neighborhood of Good" Stat...
Doner LA feasts on Del Monte
Doner LA is starting off its 2018 pretty much the same way it ended its 2017 – with a win.
The shop has now been named lead agency for Cali...
Although Periscope editor Michael Thomas James got a year's worth of sneak peeks at The Chi while finessing the show's dailies during the wee hours of most mornings in 2017, he...
As social media has grown in relevance, so has the cacophony of voices supporting or disapproving their favorite films and TV series. A scroll through various YouTube videos of ...
During a season when people make resolutions, why shouldn’t that pesky character from Allstate, Mayhem, make some as well?
The character whom Leo Burnett pitched to Allsta...
In 1984, Ronald Reagan was president. Marvin Gaye passed away. Terms of Endearment won the Oscar for Best Picture. The Celtics beat the Lakers in seven exciting games, and Princ...
My daughters used to complain about having to get up a 5 a.m. to attend a high school that was two miles down the street.
Compare their first world complaints to those of th...
The English poet John Donne may not have been the first person to consider all humankind as one giant, existential being. But he did it so excellently that here, 400 years later...
It seems like 2017 began with the February passing of Ruth Ratny, the founder of Reel Chicago.
The film, music, advertising and production communities honored her memory wit...
In 2017, we launched Reel Ad of the Week (RAW), a regular feature that showcases the commercials coming out of the Midwest and, perhaps more importantly, celebrates the people w...
Burrell Communications Group received 2017 “Supplier of the Year” honors from the American Association of Retired People (AARP) during a celebration at the Kimpton Hotel Mon...
