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Cutters Detroit starts up with a notable staff of six

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 21, 2011

Already a part of the Detroit post scene with its partnership in RingSide Creative, newly established Cutters Detroit is creating its own identity in the Motor City’s mu...

10th anniversary celebration for Bridges Media

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 21, 2011

Some 200 invited guests for Bridges Media 10th anniversary celebration Friday night will walk the red carpet to the River North studio that’s going to be decked out like a kli...

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Ch. 7’s ‘Windy City Live’ in Oprah’s slot finds its groove

By Lewis Lazare Jul 21, 2011

It’s rare that a brand new, built-from-scratch TV show springs to life in perfect shape. It’s even rarer when the show happens to be a live, local telecast such as top...

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Draftfcb’s new CCO is Todd Tilford from New York

By Lewis Lazare Jul 19, 2011

This we know for sure. Todd Tilford isn’t in Kansas anymore.On Monday afternoon, DraftFCB/Chicago tapped Tilford, 47, as its new chief creative officer, starting in earl...

Jim Olen named Protokulture’s VP/managing director

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 19, 2011

After Jim Olen shuttered Rhythm Café last October, after 14 years as a commercial music house, he became a consultant with post and production companies “who were looki...

Actress Rondi Reed set for ‘Mike and Molly’ Season 2

By Antonia Callas Jul 18, 2011

Acclaimed Chicago actress Rondi Reed will head for L.A. in August to start Season Two as one of the leads in Mike and Molly, CBS’ Monday night breakout success sitcom.Whi...

Six weeks of non-stop TV show and feature filming

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 17, 2011

Regardless of what you want to call it – a perfect storm, a surfeit of riches – the next few weeks will be the “crazy busiest,” as Local 476’s Mark Hogan puts it, but ...

Emanuel’s historic July 26 CAF speech a hot ticket

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 16, 2011

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 s...

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Little Escape Pod pulled off big Cannes triumph

By Lewis Lazare Jul 14, 2011

The 2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of — ah — Creativity ended a couple of weeks ago. But the world’s most prestigious and most closely-watched annual ad co...

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Sci-fi ‘Breathers’ short a Pipeline contest finalist

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 13, 2011

FILMMAKER ADRIANNA MCKINLEY’S character-driven sci-fi short drama, Breathers, based on the Breathers comic book by Justin Madson, is in postproduction being readied for two lo...

Mayor to address adbiz at July 26 CAF luncheon

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 13, 2011

Mayor Rahm Emanuel will meet the advertising community for the first time on July 26, when he tells how the ad industry will benefit from the city’s new long-term business ini...

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Huge S.C. Johnson account move expected this week

By Lewis Lazare Jul 12, 2011

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 in...

‘Harry Potter’ eagerly awaited by Michigan 3D artists

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 11, 2011

Up in Traverse City, Michigan, no one is more excited about next Friday’s release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 than a group of 3D visual effects artists the...

Tribune stations dish up ‘Best Bites’ reality TV

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 10, 2011

AMERICA’S BEST BITES is a new half-hour reality show from Tribune Broadcasting, where the hosts take tips from viewers via Facebook and Twitter and travel to those areas to sa...

AICP survey: Spot business rebounds to 2008 levels

By Mike Morgan Jul 10, 2011

THE COMEBACK of commercial production business this past year is a sure signal that the economy is rebounding, as production expenditures are up by 5% and nearly back to 2008 le...

Who says movie makeup isn’t magic?

By Mike Morgan Jul 9, 2011

Handsome, likeable Rob Lowe, who stars in NBC’s Parks and Recreation, looks eerily like accused Bolingbrook wife killer Drew Peterson in the Lifetime move, Untouchable, now in...

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Uni-ball is Fred Savage’s spot directorial debut

By Lewis Lazare Jul 7, 2011

IT'S A FIRST. Chicago-born actor, director and producer Fred Savage has just directed his first series of TV commercials — made by Tris3ct/Chicago for the Uni-ball line ...

Noise Floor mixes Drum Corps world competition sound

By Sarah Louise Klose Jul 7, 2011

For the 11th consecutive year, Cory Coken of Noise Floor is the location audio mixer for Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions that began June 20 with the tour kickoff in ...

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Comedy feature ‘Sister Mary’ premieres in St. Charles

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 6, 2011

FILMMAKER JAMES VALLO’S COMEDY, Sister Mary, has its world premiere Saturday, July 16 at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., in St. Charles, followed by a party a...

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On verdict watch for United Airlines’ account shift

By Lewis Lazare Jul 5, 2011

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 ...

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