Up & Down the Avenue
EURO MEANS BUSINESS. Just moved in are the Chicago brethren of Rubin Postaer Associates (RPA): GCDs Bill Mericle and Paul Janas, copywriter Derrick Halpern, print production director Susan Green and
EURO MEANS BUSINESS. Just moved in are the Chicago brethren of Rubin Postaer Associates (RPA): GCDs Bill Mericle and Paul Janas, copywriter Derrick Halpern, print production director Susan Green and
J. Walter Thompson/Chicago is “a little agency that has a big future,” says top creative Graham Woodall, who was charged with that future when agency
After a six month search, J. Walter Thompson named Tony Wallace as director of broadcast production. He joined the agency Nov. 29 after 14 years at FCB as senior producer.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR. Michigan Avenue gets a welcome dash of international glitz and know-how with the arrival of Graham Woodall, JWT’s new ECD, who heads creative and production. The native
Sweet Home Illinois is the tentative name set for the June 19 party for former Illini living in the entertainment business in Los Angeles. It’s
These are busy days for Chicago’s resident audio guru Hank Neuberger. Make that Super busy. He and Terry Fryer, his partner in recently formed Third Wave Productions, had
A high note sounded for the music business with Tom Wiebe’s purchase of Pat Yacono’s Playroom and the official Dec. 1 opening of Earhole, the new name of the newly
TOURISM NARROWS AGENCY CHOICES. The local branches of three foreign-owned ad agencies got the nod from the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as finalists for the $12.5 million
Zanie’s hosts the Comedy Conference Aug. 1-3.<!--
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Bob Hope writer Gene Perrett keynotes Chicago’s first Comedy Conference
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