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SEPTEMBER 19, 1997/Director Rob Lieberman has entered his bicoastal The Lieberman Company into an association with Straw Dogs, also bicoastal. Straw Dogs will handle spot work for Lieberman...

Wendol Jarvis is becoming a franchise owner of a Papa Murphy's pizza parlor. While that would hardly seem to be industry news, it is when you realize his former occupation: director of the Iowa...

Is the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC) a private corporation or a public agency? That's the pivotal question in the current imbroglio over the EIDC, which oversees the joint...

Nike's "Move"—directed by Jake Scott of bicoastal RSA USA for Wieden+Kennedy (W+K), Portland, Ore.—has won the sixth annual primetime Emmy Award for best commercial. The honor was announced, and...

In some respects, this is a tribute to the classic Looney Tunes cartoon in which Daffy Duck is trying to one-up Bugs Bunny as an entertainer. Daffy's attempts, however, are to no avail. While Bugs...

Voyeurism has its appeal for some and it doesn't necessarily have to be of the sexual variety. How about observing surgery being performed on a patient? If you have the stomach for it, becoming a...

Cole & Weber/red cell, Seattle, has hired Travis Britton as senior art director. He comes over from Mad Dogs & Englishmen, New York, where he held the title of art director...

Directed by Dante Ariola out of Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ), Los Angeles and DP'd by Harris Savides, a commercial for Sony PlayStation 2 entitled "Signs" transposes the sensible world of videogames...

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Match Frame, Austin, Texas, provided editorial and post services to GSD&M, Austin, and client Land Rover for the :30 "Earth." The spot showcases the features of...

In some respects, this is a tribute to the classic Looney Tunes cartoon in which Daffy Duck is trying to one-up Bugs Bunny as an entertainer. Daffy's attempts, however, are to no avail. While Bugs...