Chicago-headquartered Leo Burnett Co. has hired veteran commercial music composer Ira Antelis as director of Music-Aid. This new initiative is driven by Burnett USA chairman/chief creative officer Cheryl Berman to promote effective music use in TV, radio and online advertising. Antelis, who maintains his Chicago-based Antelis Music (which will work only on Burnett and non ad-related projects), will collaborate directly with the agency’s creative and production departments. He will report to Burnett director of television production Jonathan Davis….Seth Epstein, founder of Santa Monica-based Fuel, has exited Razorfish, the New York-headquartered digital communications firm that acquired Fuel last year. Epstein was unavailable for comment at press time. But according to Fuel executive producer Matthew Marquis, the production house will continue to represent Epstein as a spot director….Director Dennis Gallegos has joined New York-based eo productions….In an effort to reposition itself as a new media company as well as a commercial house, Dallas-based Concrete Productions is changing its name to Blind Spot Media and is opening a Santa Monica office; the Concrete directorial roster remains intact and new signings are pending….New York-based editorial and design house 89 Greene has become the exclusive U.S. rep for Kuala Lumpur-based editor Kate James….Creative director/designer Nicholas Koenig has entered into an exclusive relationship with Radium, which maintains digital studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He will focus on production design, storyboards, matte paintings and character design for spots, but will also be involved in CG R&D of various animated characters for new intellectual properties….Karen Bianca has been named head of production at bicoastal Curious Pictures….Composer/producer Sidney Woloshin of music house Sid Woloshin, New York, has died of pneumonia at the age of 72.…
