• STREET TALK

    Karen Kourtessis has joined Post Factory, New York, as partner/editor. She previously held the same position at the New York office of bicoastal Crew Cuts….Composers Marty Peters and Chris Hugan...

  • Film California First Program Survives State Budget Crisis

    SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With a budget deficit projected to run as high as $35 billion, California, like many other financially strapped states, is in the process of cutting—if not outright eliminating—...

  • Taxi Founder Whips Up Chokolat

    TORONTO—Paul Lavoie and Jeff Spriet have launched a Toronto-based branded entertainment company called chokolat. Lavoie, the founder of full-service advertising agency Taxi, which has offices in...

  • REP REPORT

    Hesh Rephun and Adam Fine have teamed up to launch Juice, a Santa Monica-baed rep/PR firm. Fine, who had been repping for two years under his LittleRedHen Entertainment banner, currently handles...

  • SPECIAL REPORT: TOP HISPANIC ADVERTISING AGENCIES_ New Wave

    A few years ago, it was believed by many that much of the advertising aimed at the U.S. Hispanic market lacked creativity. Paco Olavarrieta, chief creative director at The Vidal Partnership, New...

  • Driving Mission

    Ad agency Rick Johnson & Co. is based in Albuquerque, N.M., but its creative output belies its regional location. Consider its most recent campaign for the New Mexico State Highway and...

  • Untitled Stampedes In A Silverado

    CLIENT

    General Motors Corp./Chevy Silverado.

    PRODUCTION CO.

    Untitled, Santa Monica.

    Geoffrey Barish, director; Jeff Cronenweth, DP; Jim Evans, executive producer/line...

  • BSEW Heads To Ace Hardware

    CLIENT

    Ace Hardware Corporation.

    PRODUCTION CO.

    hungry man, bicoastal/

    international.

    Jim Jenkins, director; John Lindley, DP; Stephen Orent, executive producer/...

  • "Coaster" Seeks Heightened Awareness

    Preaching safety to a jaded, overconfident youth demographic poses a daunting marketing task. Messages promoting safe-sex practices—most notably condom use—often seem to fall upon deaf ears, but...

  • Inferno Artist Aron Baxter Joins Nice Shoes' Staff

    Inferno artist Aron Baxter has left behind his native London to join New York postproduction facility Nice Shoes. With a 14-year background in animation and design, Baxter will be instrumental...

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