Media/Marketing/Advertising

From an Olympics-themed spot celebrating youth sports to lottery-inspired dancing in the streets, these are our picks for this year’s standout locally produced ads and campaigns.

BizSense Pro subscribers can now gift up to 10 articles to friends and colleagues per month to read for free, regardless of whether the story is subscriber-only content.

The move comes as the firm’s 15-year home in Shockoe Bottom is slated for an apartments conversion and five-story addition.

Fresh off a recent job change, Brockwell sat down with BizSense to discuss his award, his move from Madison+Main to Poolhouse and his approach to the creative process.

“Quitting #Rva after generations there would cut literal, figurative bond w/ our core audience,” the newsroom’s labor union tweeted about the paper’s decision to move from its longtime home on Franklin Street.

Led by longtime local journalist Michael Phillips, the online news outlet includes fellow RTD alum Graham Moomaw and former Virginia Mercury reporter and editor Sarah Vogelsong.

The Richmond-based business newsmagazine was acquired Wednesday by BridgeTower Media, its third ownership change in 15 years.

RainMaker will continue as a standalone studio in its current facility in Shockoe Bottom, while also serving as a satellite sound shop for Tilt, which is headquartered in Shockoe Slip.

The subscription-based streaming platform from Shockoe Records features local artists exclusively and is being targeted to area businesses and event venues.

The eight-person agency founded by Elisabeth Edelman was acquired earlier this year by 5th Business, a sales and marketing group based in Toronto.