Art Buyers News

More Money Heading to Online Ad Networks

Research Staff — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:17:56 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: Adweek.com - Top News 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. ABN Provides only the text provided through each sites RSS feeds. If you are a [...]

Digital Execs Say Metrics Are in ‘Crisis’

Research Staff — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:17:47 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: Adweek.com - Top News The most measurable medium’s metrics are a major mess, according to digital execs. ABN Provides only the text provided through each sites RSS feeds. If you are a feed owner and would like us to remove this feed from the site please contact us.

Microsoft Cancels 2009 Pro Photo Summit

Research Staff — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:17:40 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: PDNPulse 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 [...]

Global Shots of Life from Flickr

Administrator — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:26:01 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: Getty Images - Creative Blog Vict?ria Pe?afiel/Flickr I can’t help but notice that the Flickr partnership is turning up a very different type of imagery from what we normally edit. They’re not all “slice of life” pictures either — there’s some really considered, crafted work from hugely talented photographers. What I get [...]

Creativity-Online : Living Proof: Frizz

Research Staff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:56 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: Creativity-Online : Print/Design Branding and packaging for a new beauty line. ABN Provides only the text provided through each sites RSS feeds. If you are a feed owner and would like us to remove this feed from the site please contact us.

GM Stops Paying Advances for Photo Shoots

Research Staff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:50 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: PDNPulse 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 [...]

Digital Agency Report Cards 2008

Research Staff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:45 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: Adweek.com - Top News 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. ABN Provides only the text provided through each sites RSS feeds. [...]

Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg

Administrator — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:41 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: Veer: Ideas: The Skinny Confusion, amusement, boredom, and curiosity. You’ve seen them in the mirror, but you haven’t seen them like this. In her series Monkey Portraits, Jill Greenberg captures emotional and unmistakably human expressions on the faces of our simian cousins. With eighty-eight unique portraits in the series, It’s no wonder why [...]

U.S. Ad Spending Fell 2.6% in 2008

Research Staff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:35 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: mediabistro.com: AgencySpy 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,” [...]

DraftFCB Gets Sued For Meth Mouth

Research Staff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:29 +0000

THIS NEWS FOUND AT: mediabistro.com: AgencySpy 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 [...]