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Hundreds of marketing executives and their television counterparts gathered at Manhattan's Plaza Hotel last week (4/24) to discuss issues ranging from media consolidation to product integration to emerging interactive technology. The event was the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) 2002...
In the aftermath of the events of 9/11, members of New York City's advertising community got right back to work, creating positive and inspirational messages to help rally the spirits of the city, not to mention of the nation. The advertising agencies and clients that produced some of this...
It is a fond memory for director Jeff Gorman, the first time he met Jay Chiat. The meeting took place some 20 years ago. It was the end of the 1970s, and Gorman, now of JGF, Hollywood, had done some freelance copywriting for Chiat/Day (now TBWA/Chiat/Day). Gorman wanted to meet the head honcho...
Jennifer Giles has come aboard Chicago postproduction house Swell, as producer/marketing rep. She had been serving as postproduction producer with Cutters, Chicago….Editor Andrew Borton has joined Houston-based VT/TV. Borton has worked at such shops as 2-Pop Editorial, Hollywood, and Adventure...
DVD authoring expert Jeff Stabenau has launched Blink Digital, a New York shop offering content preparation services for a broad range of digital media. A division of Santa Monica-headquartered Liberty Livewire, the new venture will focus on DVD authoring, while also offering preparation,...
Everyone thought they were mad. Downright crazy, in fact. Who in his right mind would open a new ad agency in San Francisco during the worst economic downturn in a decade? And who leaves one of the best ad agencies in the country when it has all but promised him a partnership? Ready to answer...
When it comes to The Wall Street Journal account, few creatives could match the enthusiasm of John Matejczyk of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (GS&P). "I'm the biggest fan of the newspaper in the world," says the copywriter, who has worked at the San Francisco agency for two years. "I...
Doner agency has announced the hires of two new VP/creative directors: Daniel Busto and Ken Camastro. Busto comes to Doner's Detroit headquarters from PentaMark, Troy, Mich., where he was senior VP/associate creative director. Camastro moves to Doner's Newport Beach, Calif...
SHORT CUTS
DMA Animation, New York, created 10 new shorts for WGBH-TV and Sirius Thinking, New York, co-producers of the PBS children's literacy series Between the Lions. Eight of the two to three minute animations will be featured in the third season of half-hour...
Defying the principle that you can only have two of the three values—good, fast and cheap—visual effects company Click 3x, New York, agreed to do a Comcast Digital Cable campaign. It took it on as a labor of love—love for the agency (Red Tettemer, Narberth, PA) and love for the campaign itself...