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smoking ad campaign that's part of the much publicized Florida Tobacco Pilot Program, has struck a responsive chord among teenagers in the state. Conceived by Miami agency Crispin Porter Bogusky, the spots over the last year have gained widespread recognition and been lauded for their creativity...
based American Pictures has signed Doug Wedeck and Heidi Gottlieb of Single Bid, New York, for East Coast representation, and Chicago-based Lauren McNamara to cover the Midwest....Vamp Films, Los Angeles, has secured The Connor Group, Chicago, for Midwest representation....DP Peter James has...
Director Kim Dempster, who recently exited the now former Lovinger/Cohn & Associates, is currently running jobs through New York-based Compass Films while she continues to explore her options..... Director Scott Gillen is headed for Cognito Films, Santa Monica.....Who's going over to Chicago...
Bicoastal Coppos Films has hired San Francisco-based independent rep Vicky Miller to handle the West Coast. She succeeds Mary Saxon who recently resigned from the company....Darr Hawthorne now covers spot biz in the Western states and Texas for bicoastal Curious Pictures....Orlando Management,...
OKAY!! FIB FEST TIME AGAIN. The last one this century. Hmmmmm! The '99 NAB Convention in Las Vegas will be the last one this century.
The big difference at this year's NAB will be that there is virtually no difference from last year's NAB. I mean there will be more of the same stuff with...
5 Years Ago
APRIL 15, 1994
Ad agency Deutsch and furniture and housewares store IKEA have debuted the ad, "Dining Room," directed by Paul Goldman, a former creative at the agency. The commercial is believed to be the first mainstream spot to feature a gay male couple....For the...
and low-ends of the spotmaking spectrum are beginning to surface. The former consists of public service campaigns from The Advertising Council. Pleas for pro bono PSA airtime have frequently fallen on deaf ears. In a new twist, such work will instead begin to fall upon def eyes.
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based The Image Bank (TIB) has named Gilles Devicq to the post of regional director, The Image Bank/Europe. Devicq has been running TIB's French operation since '91....Energy Film Library (EFL), Studio City, Calif., licensed images to MTV for a profile of the late Notorious B.I.G. and its...
based Morton Jankel Zander is launching The Seven Ounce Man, a satellite company featuring director Geoffrey Barish who was last with bicoastal HSI Productions.... Rusty Ford has resigned from his post as East Coast executive producer for bicoastal Fahrenheit Films. He's leaving to pursue...
I'M NOT GOING TO NAB THIS year.
For thousands of people there are valid reasons to attend, and if you've never been, you should experience the sheer size and excitement of the 'show' at least once. But socializing and professional networking purposes aside, which in fact are excellent...