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More Money Heading to Online Ad Networks

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Despite the debate over whether ad networks represent a danger to the online advertising and publishing businesses, a new survey indicates that more marketers are likely to increase their spending in the embattled sector.

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Digital Execs Say Metrics Are in ‘Crisis’

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The most measurable medium’s metrics are a major mess, according to digital execs.

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Microsoft Cancels 2009 Pro Photo Summit

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For the last three years, Microsoft has invited photo professionals to its campus in Redmond, Washington, for a Pro Photo Summit. Another summit was scheduled for this July. But after surveying participants and finding many of them were unwilling to spend money on travel, Microsoft called off the event.
"We just thought [...]

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Creativity-Online : Living Proof: Frizz

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Branding and packaging for a new beauty line.
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GM Stops Paying Advances for Photo Shoots

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General Motors has stopped paying advances to photographers who shoot its ads, according to a photographer who has done work for the car maker.
GM (through its ad agencies) has asked photographers to officially accept or reject a set of new payment terms. The new terms say GM will "typically" pay ad [...]

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Digital Agency Report Cards 2008

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Digital agencies made strides in 2008, although the slowing economy cramped their expansion in the last half of the year. After notching 23 percent growth in 2007, the agencies profiled in this year’s report averaged 15 percent growth.

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U.S. Ad Spending Fell 2.6% in 2008

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Nielsen has reported today that U.S. advertising for the full year 2008 was down 2.6% compared to the full year 2007. You are so not shocked. “Given the state of the U.S. economy, a decline in ad spending was expected, but it’s not as bad as it could have been,” [...]

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DraftFCB Gets Sued For Meth Mouth

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Here’s a strange one… A mother and her 7 year-old daughter are suing DraftFCB and the Office of National Drug Control Policy for defamation. The pair are both professionals models. A photo of the childl, who is missing some teeth due to age, was used in a poster to highlight [...]

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Is This Re/Max Shiz For Real?

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This smells a lot like a free publicity attempt from Re/Max &#151 which if it is we’re playing right into the trap &#151 but whatever, here goes.
Re/Max (you know, the real estate people) has brought forth what may be the whackest trademark infringement case in history. The agency is [...]

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Nielsen: Social Nets Overtake E-mail

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Social networking has overtaken e-mail as the most popular Internet activity, according to a new study by Nielsen.

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Creativity-Online : Fiat: Home

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Get out of your gray box world.
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P&G’s Arnold Steps Down

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Susan Arnold, the highest-ranking woman at the world’s largest marketer by spending, is leaving P&G.

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Oh Faris! Where For Art Thou?

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All you Faris Yakob fans should get pumped. The winner of the President’s Prize from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and McCann Erickson’s new digital guru will be hosting a cozy discussion tonight. The topics to be covered include: The new idea consumer; the form and function of [...]

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Exotica flower shop: Mother’s Day

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We’re all children on Mother’s Day.

Advertising Agency: H&C Leo Burnett, Beirut, Lebanon
Creative Directors: Bechara Mouzannar, Chermine Assadian, Betty Francis
Art Directors: Layla Naamani, Roula Asmar
Illustrator: Mark Calina
Photographer: Mario Kiener
Published: February 2009

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Something Different

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We know a lot of you are enjoying our other blog, the PDN Photo of the Day. Today, as a change of pace, we posted not one photo, but 14.
With all the talk about whether America is entering another "depression," we decided to take a day to explore the
influence [...]

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Guest Blog: Luceo Images On Forming a Collective

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Early this year a group of young photographers came into the PDN offices to introduce themselves and their year-old collective, Luceo Images. As six photographers operating in different parts of the world, David Walter Banks, Kendrick Brinson, Matt Eich, Kevin German, Tim Lytvinenko and Matt Slaby formed Luceo in an effort [...]

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The Week in Advertising Episode 19

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It’s already Tuesday again which means you might be willing to suffer through The Week in Advertising. We were sponsored again, which is great news, this time by Full Sail University - so thanks to them for making the show possible for another go-round.
This week we’ll show you what [...]

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Wisconsin Newspaper Sued Over Streaming School Sports Video

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Our colleagues at Editor & Publisher have a story about a lawsuit in Wisconsin concerning press coverage of school athletics. At issue: Should a newspaper be allowed to broadcast streaming Internet video of a high school football playoff? While there's room for debate here (just ask a TV person), the lawsuit [...]

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Photographing Aboard Air Force One

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What’s the best part of flying on Air Force One? The swag.
Everyone who rides the presidential jet, including members of the press, receive a flight certificate signed by the presidential pilot. The most coveted travel souvenir, says Reutters senior staff photographer Larry Downing, is a box of Presidential M&Ms. Each [...]

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De Niro & Pacino Are Having None Of It

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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are pissed. The duo have filed a federal lawsuit against Overture Films and watch brand, Tutima, over a commercial “tie-in,” which appeared in-conjunction with their flop of a film, “Righteous Kill.” The stars say they never authorized the commercial tie-in, which uses their [...]

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