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Identity has signed Turkish-born film and commercial director Ayse Altinok to its roster for U.S. representation. Altinok, who moves from Biscuit Filmworks, has helmed spots for the likes of Jose Cuervo, SOS Homophobie, Larabar, Boots No7 and Horizon Organic. Prior to moving into directing in 2009, she spent 10 years as a senior creative at Wieden & Kennedy’s Amsterdam and Portland offices, where she led client accounts for Coca-Cola and Nike. She is currently in production on her first feature film “Oil,” a story told in three languages and filmed in locations throughout Turkey and Holland. She is also repped by Suneeva in Canada and LaPac in France.

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Teachers take complicated subjects and make them easy to understand. Before Bob Hoffman became an ad man, before he started, ran and sold Hoffman/Lewis in San Francisco, and before he was known as “The Ad Contrarian,” Hoffman was a science teacher. Now that he’s enjoying his retirement from the agency, he makes time to speak and […]

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Eddie Lampert won a bankruptcy auction for Sears with a plan that will keep the retailer in business and seek to save tens of thousands of jobs, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

Lampert’s bid prevailed over competing proposals from liquidators that would have forced the 126-year-old department store chain to shut down and sell its assets. The bid is valued at over $5 billion and represents an improvement of more than $150 million over the hedge fund manager’s previous offer, the person said, asking not to be identified because the talks are confidential.

The agreement, reached in the wee hours of Wednesday, caps two days of discussions behind closed doors in New York to determine whether Sears would be worth more dead or alive. Sticking points during the talks had included whether Sears Chairman Lampert should be insulated from lawsuits over his previous turnaround deals for the company, Bloomberg previously reported. The final agreement doesn’t include such a release for Lampert, the source said.

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