Visual Connections, the trade show that brings all-things-stock footage related to Chicago’s advertising/production mecca, returns for the second time in two years bigger and ...
Legendary longtime Avenue Edit talent Terry Kaney will be inducted into the AICE Hall of Fame at the AICE Awards May 12, in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier where 81 editors will...
THE MAMMOTH NFL DRAFT — which die-hard sports fans dubbed “the Academy Awards of Football” — returns to Chi-Town Draft Town for the second consecutive year, April 28-30,...
“Chicago Fire” creators Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, who created the franchise, have signed a deal with Universal TV, the studio producing the multi Chicago-set series.Und...
Out of the 21 finalists in the upcoming Chicago International Television Awards, 16 spots came from Chicago-based agencies: eight spots from Leo Burnett; three from DDB Chicago,...
Columbia College hosts its all-day, 3rd annual Geek Cultural Gala, the student-run fandom convention, with panels, screenings, workshops, presentations and more on what’s tops...
Last November, French director Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”) cast Chicago actor Ty Olwin, to co-star with Kristen Stewart in his feature “Personal Shopper,” ...
SAG-AFTRA members earned more than $200 million in wage increases for all categories of performers in the new three-year broadcast contract agreement reached with the ANA-4A’s...
EDITORIAL STAR DEB SCHIMMEL is making a major change in her career. After 21 years as a top tier, award-winning editor at Optimus, she is moving to The Whitehouse as of May 1. ...
With NAB coming up fast April 16-21 in Las Vegas, my mailbox has been filled with foolishness, speculation and a steady stream of pontification.Yet, there is always something th...
Robin Christian, an Illinois and Los Angeles-based screenwriter, director and producer, is looking ahead to the latest technological trends that may have the largest impact on f...
From the time Utopic received the footage for Leo Burnett’s Esurance campaigns, the post house whirled through a week of editing and finishing to deliver a 2-minute spoof on t...
The Chicago Cubs’ 2016 ad campaign, “Kids. They Grow Up Fast,” created by agency Schafer Condon Carter for the fourth season, was designed to help fans get to know the tea...
“Chicago” television franchise producer Dick Wolf was surprised and pleased last Tuesday when he was presented with the highest honor a film industry union can — and rarel...
Once again, an emerging technology is bringing us back to awareness about the omnipresent End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) in our computing society, those annoying endless pa...
Spring has arrived along with a pair of refreshing 50-second native content videos for Scotts Lawn and Care created by The Onion Labs.Produced and created for Boston-based...
Leo Burnett’s newest advertainment for retailer Marshall’s was shot by acclaimed Euro/LA-based cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema (“Interstellar,” “Spectre”), c...
Interactive agency DigitasLBi has the honor of being named by Crain’s the #1 Best Place to work in Chicago, in the business publication’s 8th annual survey – the only ad a...
WHILE MEKANISM AGENCY has been quietly in Chicago for several months to support its MillerCoors brands and Jim Beam US accounts on an up close and personal basis, the official a...
A.J. Hassan, the Leo Burnett VP/CD, acclaimed for her work as a key creative on the multi-honored viral phenom “Like a Girl” for Always/P&G, has joined R/GA as executive...