Burger King hires Crispin to cook up sales
Burger King Corp., trying to find the right marketing recipe to turn around its slumping operations, is turning to one of the industry's hottest creative ad agencies. Miami-based Crispin, Porter...
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Board, Black prepare for legal brawl
The board of Chicago Sun-Times owner Hollinger International Inc. and Conrad Black, the ousted chairman who surprised directors by selling his controlling shares in the company, on Monday plotted strategy...
Board to learn Friday if Black will pay up
Hollinger International Inc.'s board of directors should learn Friday whether former Chief Executive Conrad Black intends to miss a deadline to begin repaying $7.2 million in unauthorized fees he received...
`Hard line is the safe line,’ Perle declares
Richard Perle, a neo-conservative adviser who urged the Bush administration to invade Iraq, said in Chicago on Wednesday that he has no regrets despite postwar difficulties for the American occupation...
GM marketing star turning to operations side
A broad realignment within General Motors' sales and marketing organizations has big implications for the company's all-important advertising and marketing engine. CJ Fraleigh, 40, the up-and-coming executive director of corporate...
Contract talks leave WLS-AM with air to fill
WLS-AM 890 afternoon co-host Garry Meier wasn't the only one missing from the station Monday. His partner, Roe Conn, took the day off, leaving WLS to play "best of ..."...
Thompson’s unmarred reputation challenged
In nine years on the board of Hollinger International Inc., former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson never said no. During that time, Hollinger Chief Executive Conrad Black and his top...
Soapbox derby drives H2 ad to head of pack
As the advertising industry eases into 2004, here's a look at our 5 favorite ads from last year. General Motors, Hummer: A story on Slate.com in November about the fantastic...
Tutssel triumphs don’t quiet talk of Burnett flight
Mark Tutssel blew into Leo Burnett USA two years ago, promising to make the big advertising agency's commercials better and its creative department's oversized ego a bit smaller. He made...
Channel 2’s wish list is still growing
Joe Ahern already received one item from his Christmas wish list early this year: former WLS-Ch. 7 anchor Diann Burns. Word is the WBBM-Ch. 2 station boss hopes to get...