Jim Kirk

The FBI confirmed Friday that former Tribune columnist Bob Greene contacted the agency in June after receiving phone calls from a woman he admitted having sexual contact with more than...

Rosie is dumping Rosie. After months of public feuding with her publisher, Gruner & Jahr USA, Rosie O'Donnell, the former talk-show host with the self-titled magazine, terminated the joint venture...

In another major Chicago advertising shake-up, Brian Heffernan, 47, resigned under pressure Tuesday as president of J. Walter Thompson after four years at the helm of the $600 million shop....

A modern-day advertising rematch of "Nothin' but Net" stars Michael Jordan and Larry Bird it ain't. But McDonald's Corp. has other dynamic duos up its sleeve as it gets set...

In the months during which the country slipped into an overwhelming grief following the terrorist attacks, marketers spent millions of dollars reassessing whether there was a "new normal." So far,...

Here's a switch: an advertising agency merger that doesn't involve a public company. Two independent ad agencies with a presence here are combining as consolidation in the ad business continues...

First there was reality TV. Now comes reality TV commercials. Looking to tap deeper into the youth culture, companies are taking a page from the playbook of MTV and other...

With a chance to make a big statement about the future of their companies, all eyes are on two of the city's biggest corporations, which have been conducting very high-profile...

If you've got the time, check out the latest trend in watches. They're hot, they're high-end, and they've even got the attention of the toniest retailers. That includes Tiffany &...

One of the beer industry's most identifiable bottle designs is disappearing as Anheuser-Busch gets set to reposition Michelob to go up against the high-flying import beers. In an attempt to...