DDB hiring, shop’s launch alter landscape
DDB Chicago shook up the local advertising world Tuesday on not one but two fronts. It hired the leader of rival Foote, Cone & Belding, and said it is launching...
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Scarpelli’s hunt for No. 2 targets rival Foote chief
DDB Chicago, the $1.5 billion ad agency whose roster of clients consists of some of the Midwest's biggest advertisers, is conducting a stealth search for a No. 2 executive under...
Shake-up time at People and Sports Illustrated
In a surprise shake-up, New York publishing giant Time Inc. streamlined top management at two of its biggest magazines. According to an internal memo, Peter Bauer, president of Time cash...
Jays joins roster of city’s new snack food firm
Jays Potato Chips has a new owner, and it happens to be Chicago's newest snack foods company. Beginning Thursday, Ubiquity Brands, with its headquarters at 30 S. Wacker Drive, will...
Channel 32 GM fired; White Sox marketer out
Stacey Marks-Bronner, whose meteoric rise to general manager at WFLD-Ch. 32 made her, at one time, one of the nation's young television executives to watch, was fired as she returned...
Split of McDonald’s chairman, CEO roles seen as short term
Although McDonald's Corp. separated its chairman and chief executive positions in announcing its new leadership after the death of James Cantalupo, corporate board experts say it's likely to be temporary....
Tone of triumph quickly muffled
Jim Cantalupo's general session speech to McDonald's Corp. franchisees was to have been a triumphant one Monday. After all, he had a lot to crow about. Sales are sizzling at...
Anheuser-Busch cans 2 ads that horse around
The days of flatulence jokes and crotch-biting animals in advertising may be numbered. Well, at least for now. In a move that will be closely monitored by the advertising industry,...
Talk radio for liberals silenced in Chicago, L.A.
After just two weeks of broadcasting, Air America Radio, the fledgling liberal talk-radio network featuring Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, was pulled off the air Wednesday morning in Chicago and...
ConAgra denies exec search is for next leader
It appears that ConAgra Foods' management overhaul is far from over. The Omaha-based food marketer of such brands as Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice and Armour Hot Dogs, has seen a...