ADWEEK Wednesday May 14, 2025
With industry consolidation and the rise of AI, many longtime agency executives are stepping away from the traditional models that once defined their careers and launching independent shops designed to be faster, more agile, and equipped to tackle the demands of modern marketing, notes Adweek, which spotlights 10 agencies founded within the past 18 months that “are challenging the big holding company model to change the game with fresh ideas, business models, and approaches.”
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ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD Wednesday May 14, 2025
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Environmental Photography Award was launched in 2021 with the aim of rewarding photographers who put their creativity to good use in raising awareness on Earth protection. Topping the winners of the award’s 2025 edition is Fernando Faciole for his image “After the Flames, Hope,” which shows a tapir rescued from wildfires in Braxil’s Pantanal region with severe burns on all four legs and his ears. The tapir was treated by a team operating in the Caiman Ecological Reserve.
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ARTnews Wednesday May 14, 2025
After President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the federal agency withdrew or canceled grant offers to arts organizations around the country, noted Art News earlier this month. Repercussions of the agency’s proposed defunding have continued over the following days. AN reports that regional arts organizations across the United States are speaking out against recent cuts made by the NEA. Meanwhile, senior leaders and other employees have left the agency en masse. Among those departing are all ten directors who oversee grants across various disciplines of the arts.
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David Schonauer Wednesday May 14, 2025
The Trump administration has fired the nation's top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, shortly after the office issued what one source calls "a sure-to-be-controversial" report on artificial
intelligence. The firing of Perlmutter came days after the White House fired the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office. The recently released report found that AI
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