Media/Marketing/Advertising

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

Jill Vaughan received this year’s Excellence in Public Relations award. The annual ceremony was held Thursday at the ICA at VCU following award announcements at a luncheon at The Westwood Club.

The annual awards show of the Advertising Club of Richmond presented nearly 60 trophies for standout local ad work. Madison+Main’s Kent Brockwell was named Ad Person of the Year.

Aaron and Amanda Gibson are moving their 903 Creative firm to the former restaurant space after five years on Robinson Street.

The Bakery Recording Studio has opened in the former Sound of Music space that’s now also home to the Open Your Ears Records label.

Red Amp Audio has equipped its Grace Street facility with Dolby Atmos recording and audio mixing technology, making it the first commercial sound studio in Virginia to be Dolby-certified as an Atmos-capable studio.

The expansion marks The King Agency’s first move outside Virginia after establishing an outpost in Virginia Beach five years ago.

Roughly a third of this year’s Super Bowl ads involved one or more alums of the VCU Brandcenter, whose work were among the commercials critiqued in this year’s local Ad Bowl panel.

As part of the acquisition, Apple Cart co-founder Barb Lamb joins Big Spoon as an equal partner with founder Kevin Clay and co-owner Enrique Mendez, who joined the fold through a merger four years ago.

Currently the ad firm’s chief creative officer, Robinson succeeds previous CEO Kristen Cavallo, who has been pulling double-duty since being named global CEO of Martin peer MullenLowe Group.