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Young & Rubicam (Y&R), New York, won Best of Show/Broadcast at the New York ADDY Awards, held on March 20 at New York's Sky Club, for its Computer Associates spot, "Amnesia," directed by...

From a creative standpoint, less could figuratively be more as the industry waits for, watches, conjectures about and assesses the impact of the war in Iraq on the American advertising front....

The directing duo known as Roenberg—consisting of Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg—has signed with Santa Monica-based boutique production house Motion Blur for exclusive spot representation in...

The last time I saw J. Michael Brinkman, VP of strategic business development for Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems, was about a year ago in Los Angeles. We got together—along with Leon...

Last year, I went out to NAB [the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nev.] with my fellow Flame artist Colin Stackpole. On the first night, I won $300 playing roulette....

MARCH 27, 1998/Bang Music, the music and sound design boutique headed by founding partners Lyle Greenfield and Christopher Joannou, has opened a West Coast division while fortifying its flagship...

Charcoal filtration, bamboo and a haiku are at the center of a three-spot campaign for Sumiroka Jun-Nama Beer. The ads—which feature unique footage of water drops and a vortex of air bubbles—were...

Cielo Films, the Santa Monica-headquartered shop headed by founder/executive producer Joanna Bongiovanni, has signed three directors for commercial representation: Bill Scarlet, Vincent Blackhawk...

Visual effects artists want it sexier and the production community is in pursuit of beauty, but when it comes to new products for editors, the first word is speed. While most people would agree...

Music shop Downtown Composer Collective (DCC), Brooklyn Heights, has entered into an affiliation agreement with Seattle-based sound design house Clatter & Din. Under the terms of the deal, the...