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Mark Barasch has become president of ServiDigital Studios—a New York-headquartered video editing/ audio post facility owned by postproduction parent company Palace Production Center (PPC), South Norwalk, Conn. Having come on board with Servi at the beginning of August, Barasch has nearly...
Continuing its winning ways, Gorgeous Enterprises, London, and director Frank Budgen figured heavily in the top awards—called Sharks—at the 40th International Advertising Festival Ireland, held in Kinsale. The Budgen-helmed "Sofa" for Reebok, out of Lowe London, was named the Grand Prix...
DJ, remixer, music supervisor and consultant Jason Bentley and his producer/music supervisor Mark Burgoyne have joined Machine Head. Both will serve as music supervisors at the Venice, Calif.-based music and sound design house.
"As a house we have to be fresh, both stimulated and...
TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, has added three creative directors. Tor Mhyren comes over from WongDoody, Los Angeles; Kathy Hepinstall had been freelancing for several agencies and writing novels; and Erik Moe returns to the agency scene after a five-year absence. He...
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Renegade Animation, Burbank, Calif. provided animation to Cartoon Network for a promo entitled "Line-Up." The piece, which mixes animation and live action, finds Wile E. Coyote in a police station with a group of live-action police officers. Wile E. is shown...
LOS ANGELES—Though it's not the norm, it stands to reason that agency creative-turned-director Andrew Christou was hired to create and then execute Skechers' recent "Find Your Groove" campaign. Prior to launching a directing career about a year-and-a-half ago—at which time he signed with now...
SANTA MONICA—Bicoastal/international @radical.media has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Santa Monica-based Stiefel+Company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Frank Stiefel, who has maintained Stiefel+Company for 16 years, becomes executive VP of @radical.media,...
Veteran editor Noelle Webb has landed at The Blue Rock Editing Company, New York. Webb, who joins a roster consisting of 24 editors, has 15 years experience cutting spots for a number of New York editing houses.
Webb chose Blue Rock for the opportunity to receive creative input from...
Santa Monica-headquartered commercial music house Agent Jackson has expanded its operations to include a full-service office and studio in New York. Partner/ composer Christopher Joannou has relocated from the West Coast to head up the new facility, which is located in downtown Manhattan's...
Audio engineer Brian Beatrice has joined Tonic, New York. His credits span longform and spots. In the former, he has handled sound design and mixing for such TV programs as Sesame Street, Lifetime's Intimate Portrait: Jenny Garth, and the History Channel's Lost and Found and The Making of the...