May 25, 2013
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based Hirons & Co. has held the contract for 10 years. But earlier this year, the Indians decided it was
time to see if Hirons or another agency had new ideas.
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May 20, 2013
Associated PressSince January, the state attorney general's office said it has received more than 5,000 complaints about telemarketing
calls from live operators or prerecorded messages.
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May 18, 2013
Chris O'Malley"Indy Style"--an hour’s worth of TV programming on everything from recipes to music to fitness to screen-door-repair
tips--fills its show with guests who are a combination of invited guests, sponsors and one-time-only advertisers.
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May 18, 2013
The youthful animators at The Basement have won the Independent Publisher’s Book Awards’ silver award for their
first children’s e-book, “Every Walrus Can Fly.”
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May 17, 2013
Lou HarryThe state's largest newspaper is mum on whether reviews will continue after the Friday resignation of its fine arts critic.
Arts organizations are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
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May 11, 2013
Dan HumanAfter Google cracked down on some of the tools companies were using to improve their positions in search results, Indianapolis-based
Slingshot SEO opted to launch a sister brand called Digital Relevance that will focus on earning media attention.
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May 11, 2013
Anthony SchoettleOn June 20, a California federal court will determine if an antitrust lawsuit brought by former UCLA basketball player Ed
O’Bannon—who argues he should’ve been paid for the use of his likeness on game broadcasts and in EA Sports
video games—can become a class action.
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May 10, 2013
Scott OlsonA local developer plans to tear down part of the Indianapolis Star’s downtown headquarters while saving most
of the building in a redevelopment that calls for 350 apartments—more units than the massive CityWay.
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May 10, 2013
Mason KingFounded in 2007 by Purdue University students, Weeks Communications has established a new headquarters in Broad Ripple and
plans to invest $4.1 million as it aggressively hires new employees.
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May 8, 2013
Mason KingAn Indianapolis investor group headed by longtime local radio broadcaster and executive Jerry Chapman will take over operations
at the stations, including three in Muncie, on June 1.
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May 4, 2013
Dan HumanState officials want to know how an Oklahoma City company managed to set up 30,000 Indiana accounts for a federally subsidized
phone program in less than a year. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into whether TerraCom
LLC is repeating federal violations it allegedly committed in Oklahoma.
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May 1, 2013
Chris O'MalleyLagging in the ratings, the local station is aiming for an uptick under new ownership with a morning news show on weekends.
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April 30, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe locally produced film about the golden age of WIBC, WIFE and WNAP will never break even, according to its producer, but
an Emmy win would be satisfaction enough.
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April 27, 2013
Chris O'MalleyEscape artist Bill Shirk has retired his straitjacket, but remains active in radio broadcasting. His firm, Hoosier Broadcasting,
in recent years bought a handful of radio stations on the Hawaiian islands and Shirk owns and is investing more money in a
Boone County radio station.
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April 20, 2013
Chris O'MalleyLocal television stations are each preparing in their own way for the return to the air this fall of popular weathercaster
Angela Buchman.
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April 13, 2013
Chris O'MalleyElement Three is among dozens of ad/marketing firms in the city that put digital marketing—in a dizzying array of formats
and specialties—front-and-center. Often led by “millennial” types in their 20s and 30s to whom things like social media are
second nature, they’re giving ensconced agencies a run for their money.
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April 13, 2013
Young & Laramore President Tom Denari challenged conventional thinking in a March 21 column in Advertising Age.
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April 6, 2013
The station was honored for a six-month investigation into Internal Revenue Service mismanagement that resulted in fraudulent
tax refunds for undocumented workers.
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April 6, 2013
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based Strategic Marketing & Research Inc. is among firms tapping the capabilities of video-enabled smartphones
to gain insights into consumers’ thoughts and emotions. They’re doing this by having consumers use their phones
to shoot a video diary of their product experiences.
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April 1, 2013
Chris O'MalleyOver his four-year tenure, Lee Rosenthal helped WXIN-TV Channel 59 more than double the airtime it devotes to news.
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March 30, 2013
Chris O'MalleyAdvertiser Carlos Sosa has designed some very recognizable work—including logos for IndyGo and the Indianapolis Indians—but
he is more focused these days on helping businesses more effectively market to the Indianapolis Latino community.
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March 30, 2013
Dan HumanExactTarget Inc.’s strong position in digital marketing has made the Indianapolis company a tempting acquisition target
for Salesforce.com and other tech-industry suitors, Wall Street analysts believe.
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March 30, 2013
Look for Channel 8 to trumpet its Outstanding News Operation, Best Newscast and Best Website awards from the Associated Press.
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March 23, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe former executive assistant to WTHR-TV Channel 13 President John Cardenas has filed an age- and sexual-discrimination lawsuit
against the station and parent Dispatch Broadcasting Group.
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March 23, 2013
The film and book chronicle the fierce competition among the top Indianapolis radio stations from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.