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All those who remember Charlie McCarthy raise your hand. This is not good news. Not if you're looking for a job in commercial production or a creative role at an ad agency.

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Ross Woods has been brought onboard as producer for SOMERsault, the design and visual effects shop with bases of operation in Chicago and Santa Monica. Woods will oversee day-to-day operations for...

For this week's Special Report on production companies, SHOOT surveyed a selection of agency producers and asked them the following questions: As a producer, what do you look for in a production...

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., has completed its acquisition of LaserPacific Media Corp. (Nasdaq NM: LPAC), a leading Hollywood post company, in a transaction valued...

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In the first commercial application of its newly launched Hyperformance Media service, Click 3X, New York, has produced a series of interactive ads for Anco tied to...

Charlie McBrearty's West Hollywood-based independent firm Shortlist has taken on Los Angeles-headquartered Bruce Dowad Associates and New York-based Brand New School for representation on the West...

SANTA MONICA—Director Martin Granger—whose humorous Bud Light spot "History" copped the Grand Prix last month at the 41st International Advertising Festival of Ireland, held in Kinsale—has signed...

SANTA MONICA—The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced that founding executive director Tom Atkin has chosen to step aside at the end of his current contract on July 31, 2004. Atkin founded the...

We all have our favorite traveling companion. For many of us, it's a best friend or a spouse. But for one woman featured in a new Delta Air Lines commercial, it's her seat. Yes, you read that...

NEW YORK—By a whopping 94 percent majority of ballots cast, actors voted to ratify a new three-year television and radio commercials contract. The agreement officially took effect on Oct. 30,...