News

During the seven years she spent as a producer with agency Riester-Robb, Phoenix, Louise Parker enjoyed every aspect of spot making—except postproduction. "I found it frustrating that, just...

Director Leonardo Ricagni has signed with A Band Apart, Los Angeles, for commercial and music video representation. Sister company Bikini Films, London, will also represent the director....

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Liberty Media Corp. (NYSE: L, LMC.B) plans to buy all shares of Santa Monica-headquartered Ascent Media Group (Nasdaq: AMGIA) that it does not already own. The deal would make...

NEW YORK—Tangerine Films, a New York-based production company founded almost one year ago by executive producer Sal Del Giudice, has merged with City Lights Productions, New York, the commercial...

SHORT CUTS

Revolve, an Austin, Texas-based broadcast design company, completed an open and graphics package for "The WB Buzz," for KNVA-Austin. "The WB Buzz" is a thirty-...

Leave it to the folks at Wieden+Kennedy (W+K), Portland, Ore., to put a little mist back in our eyes as we ponder "the greatest of all time." Reaching back into the creative archives, the agency...

New Faces

Jerry Cronin has stepped down as executive creative director of BaylessCronin, Atlanta.

William Dunlap is retiring as chairman of Campbell Mithun,...

The confluence of advertisers seeking a patina of hipness through cutting edge music in their commercials and unknown bands—who make that kind of music—aggressively chasing exposure through...

For SHOOT's spring music and sound design issue, the top three picks point to the significance of a good piece of music accompanying great visuals. With the exception of voiceovers, these three...

Including an elaborate song-and-dance number in a commercial is not a new thing. The Gap did it in the late 1990s with an ongoing campaign featuring swing, mambo and line dancing. E*Trade weighed...