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Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Early next month, Richard Cormier is set to join Oak Park, Mich.-based GTN as its president. He will work closely with GTN owner/CEO Doug Cheek. Cormier's last staff position was as VP of New York-based Nice Shoes, as well as managing director of its sister companies Guava and Freestyle...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Fox Television Studios has entered into a first-look deal with Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B), Miami. Per the agreement, Fox gets a first look at concepts and content developed by CP+B that could spawn potential TV series. In addition to series, the relationship could result in branded...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Trevor Beattie, chairman/chief creative officer at TBWA, London, is leaving the agency, along with Bill Bungay, deputy creative director, and Andrew McGuinness, the shop's chief executive. It's expected that the trio will open their own ad agency. Danny Brooke-Taylor and Tony McTear...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Greg Popp, senior VP/group executive producer at DDB Chicago, has left the agency and signed with bicoastal Supply & Demand for representation as a director. Popp had been directing commercials while on the agency side, both solo and in tandem with John Immesoete, formerly group...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk New Reality, a spot production house formed in partnership with independent film production and distribution company Fabrication Films, has opened in Hollywood with a directorial roster consisting of Bruno Sauvard, Nick Egan and Brewster MacWilliams. Roger Hunt is executive producer of...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Director Aaron Ruell has joined Area 51, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in spots and music videos. Ruell is best known for his acting role as older brother "Kip" in last year's hit comedy Napoleon Dynamite .... Noam Murro--who earlier this year won the Directors Guild of...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk The Cannes International Advertising Festival will introduce two new awards this year: An Interactive Agency of the Year Award; and a Direct Agency of the Year Award. Both honors will go to shops earning the highest number of awards in their respective competitions....Howard Woffinden...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Director Joachim Back, formerly of Copenhagen-based production house Bacon, has joined Park Pictures, New York. Known for slightly absurd, comical storytelling, Back just helmed a Viagra spot for the Canadian market for The Partners' Film Company, Toronto....Jeff Farnath has exited his...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk As SHOOT went to press, Tewksbury, Mass.-headquartered Avid Technology (NASDAQ: AVID) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mountain View, Calif.-based Pinnacle Systems (NASDAQ: PCLE). The deal, a combination of cash and stock, is valued at $462 million and is expected to close...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Bicoastal Moxie Pictures has launched a London operation under the aegis of managing director Dawn Laren. She formerly served in the same capacity for London production company Studio.... Czar Films, with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels and New York, has entered into a cross...