Marketing firm 5MetaCom focuses on clients with technical needs
Owner Chris Wirthwein insists the Carmel firm with growing billings serves Indiana companies within a two-hour drive.
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Marketing firm TrendyMinds moving to Market Street
The company has purchased a former labor union hall building and plans to invest $1 million to refurbish the property before moving in early next year.
Groupon miscue menaces downtown restaurant
Creation Cafe said Chicago online coupon company Groupon offered discounts it didn't agree to give. Groupon says it had a signed contract.
BMG aiming to dazzle convention-industry clients with holographics
Life-like images used to drum up business in a meeting sector that’s suffering along with the economy.
Emmis finds silver lining despite deep losses in 2Q
Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. announced Thursday that second-quarter revenue slipped from last year and losses nearly quadrupled. However, the sale of three radio stations for $120 million, a reduction in debt and increases in advertising give executives hope.
CIB contributes $500,000 toward tourism effort
The gift will enable the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association to continue an annual marketing campaign aimed at attracting Midwestern visitors to the city.
Olympia Media Partners’ newspapers reaching more college campuses
IU grads add employees, revenue as they prepare to expand their company’s footprint to 45 schools.
Rezoning sought for growing children’s health program
The Children’s Better Health Institute, a division of The Saturday Evening Post Society Inc., plans to ask the Metropolitan Development Commission to rezone a 23-acre parcel on the city’s northwest side.
Election spending to exceed $6B thanks to Indiana lawyer
Indiana attorney James Bopp Jr. has spent 30 years fighting limits on campaign spending, and next year’s political landscape could be transformed by his labor.
WRTV sold with eight other TV stations for $212M
Television station and newspaper owner The E.W. Scripps Co. said Monday that it will pay $212 million in cash for nine TV stations, including WRTV in Indianapolis, owned by The McGraw-Hill Cos.
Marketing firm MB2 Advertising lands high-profile global account
The local firm will provide Georgia-based EyeLevel Interactive with a variety of media services.
Comcast announces layoffs, hirings in Fishers
Cable TV giant Comcast Corp. has notified the state of Indiana that it plans to eliminate 57 customer-retention employees in its Fishers office by the end of the year, but also plans to add 37 customer-service workers during the same time period.
Miles Design to help market Heartland Film Festival
As Heartland’s branding agency, the agency will lead efforts to increase awareness of Heartland events, as well as its overall mission.
Daniels outlines fix for national debt in new book
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels writes in his new book that massive entitlement spending reform is needed to avert a national economic disaster.
State Fair tragedy drives demand for crisis PR planning
Local agency heads said that sector of their business had grown even before the Aug. 13 stage collapse.
Daniels’ book latest of many governors’ tomes
Of the nation's 50 sitting governors, almost a quarter of them are authors. Four, including Daniels, have written tomes while serving as their state's chief executive.
WRTV anchor Shepherd leaving for not-for-profit post
WRTV-TV Channel 6 anchor Trisha Shepherd is leaving the station at the end of the month to take a position with the Riley Children's Foundation.
Struggling Emmis faces NASDAQ delisting again
The day before closing on a $120 million sale of three radio stations, Emmis was warned about non-compliance with NASDAQ’s minimum-price rule for the third time in two years.
Star’s union plans aggressive labor fight with Gannett
The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild, beleaguered by round after round of layoffs, has launched a critical advertising campaign as it enters contract negotiations with Gannett Co.
PR firm Hetrick Communications closing shop
After 18 years, one of the city’s biggest and best-known communications firms is going out of business on Sept. 30.