Jim Kirk

Press baron Conrad Black bowed to pressure from irate shareholders Thursday, pledging to reduce his voting power in the newspaper company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times and sell millions of...

New Burger King CEO Brad Blum has recruited a familiar Chicagoan to be a key part of his management team. The head of the No. 2 burger chain is expected...

Now doesn't seem like the best time for a financial magazine to launch its own advertising campaign. But don't tell that to Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine. Launching its first trade...

For the latest example of the pitfalls of merging big advertising agency networks without thinking through the potential conflicts, we again turn to Publicis Groupe. With more than $400 million...

City officials and WBBM-Ch. 2 are close to an agreement to build a showcase "media center" for the TV station on a corner of long-dormant Block 37 in the Loop,...

Capps Digital, the giant prepress arm of Leo Burnett, is branching out beyond its comfy print-production zone into the specialized--and highly competitive--world of package and retail design, the company said...

Dave may be staying with Dell, but Fred is gone at CDW. In the battle of the IT spokesmen, CDW is going in a different advertising direction. The Vernon Hills-based...

In a move that was as sudden as it was out of the ordinary, Young & Rubicam Inc.'s chairman and CEO, Mike Dolan, resigned Monday and was replaced by former...

Six weeks after Fox Television bought Chicago's WPWR-Ch. 50 last year, the new owner killed the station's only locally produced shows. It didn't matter that one of the shows, a...

Frito-Lay Inc., the dominant force in the snack aisle, is looking for stronger advertising on its high-profile, $40 million Doritos brand, putting significant pressure on its main agency, BBDO New...