by Arkansas Business Staff 2/11/2019 12:00 am
Larry Harris is the new sales director for Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama at Windstream in Little Rock.
by Kyle Massey 1/24/2019 12:13 pm
Sued by longtime ad executive Gary Heathcott for breach of contract, CJRW hit back with a counterclaim listing more than two dozen incidents of abusive and sexist behavior that CJRW says violated Heathcott’s consulting contract with the firm.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/21/2019 12:00 am
CJRW Chairman and CEO Darin Gray responds to comments from Gary Heathcott and anonymous advertising industry executives quoted in last week’s Outtakes column.
by Kyle Massey 1/14/2019 12:00 am
Facing a $1.3 million breach-of-contract suit from longtime Little Rock adman Gary Heathcott, marketing agency CJRW is taking a few weeks to answer the legal complaint and may be considering settlement talks, several observers suggest.
by Kyle Massey 1/7/2019 2:16 pm
CJRW, the large Little Rock marketing agency, transformed the gender makeup of its board of directors recently by naming four women to the group, according to Darin Gray, the firm’s chairman and CEO.
by Kyle Massey 12/27/2018 8:37 am
Gary Heathcott’s $1.3 million lawsuit against CJRW offers a rare glimpse inside a lucrative consulting contract, and the need for clarity and close scrutiny in legal agreements.
by Kyle Massey 12/19/2018 8:20 am
Advertising executive Gary Heathcott files a breach-of-contract lawsuit against his former associates at CJRW, the firm that ejected him from his offices and his accounts last fall over allegations of abrasive behavior and sexist remarks.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/12/2018 12:00 am
Ghidotti Communications in Little Rock hires Joshua Cook as media relations manager and Amanda Seevers as an account executive.
by Kyle Massey 10/15/2018 12:00 am
A two-part production, “Hot Springs: The Experience of a Lifetime" is the centerpiece of Arkansas' first VR tourism campaign.
by Kyle Massey 8/27/2018 12:00 am
Journalists constantly consider possible unintended effects of what they print. They also walk a line between taking action and strictly observing events.
by Arkansas Business Staff 8/27/2018 12:00 am
Joan Botts has been hired as director of marketing for Oaklawn Racing & Gaming in Hot Springs.
by Kyle Massey 8/24/2018 2:37 pm
A digital marketing campaign for the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism claimed a Mercury Award recently from the U.S. Travel Association at its Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations in Phoenix.
by Arkansas Business Staff 8/20/2018 12:00 am
Jim Johnson, the Little Rock artist who was a founding partner in Cranford Johnson and saw the ad agency blossom into Cranford Johnson Robinson and eventually into CJRW, recalled Ron Robinson last week for his prodigious memory.
by Kyle Massey 8/14/2018 1:57 pm
Ron Robinson, who started as an intern and rose to become chairman and CEO of marketing powerhouse Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, now CJRW, died Tuesday in Little Rock.
by Kyle Massey 8/13/2018 12:00 am
For all its images of scenic rivers, brooks and waterfalls, the most striking new feature on the state’s overhauled tourism website may be a revenue stream.
by Kyle Massey 8/13/2018 12:00 am
CJRW and its neighbors and frequent partners across Main Street, the video production team at Waymack & Crew, brought home some shiny trinkets last month at the Hermes Creative Awards and Telly Awards.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/28/2018 12:00 am
Victoria Brown has been hired as associate state director of communications for AARP in Little Rock. Kylie Frett has been hired as an associate account executive by CJRW.
by Kyle Massey 5/24/2018 10:03 am
Longtime Little Rock creative director Bill Fitzgerald has been named vice president of marketing and communications for the Little Rock Convention & Visitors' Bureau.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/5/2018 12:00 am
Syd Hayman joins the university as a writer and editor, and Mary Lackie has been named executive director of development.