Ackerman, Telecom Back In Print

Three years to the day after Williams sold its fiber-optic network to WorldCom, Ackerman McQueen launched a multi-million ad campaign to trumpet the Tulsa, Okla.-based company’s return as a carrier.
The agency’s Tulsa office has broken a series of cartoon ads that will run daily in The Wall Street Journal and on a frequent schedule in BusinessWeek and trade publications. The cartoons are by artist Fred Hilliard, who did earlier Ackerman ads for Williams prior to the sale of its previous telecommunications unit to WorldCom for $2.5