It's almost certain the first advertising awards competition was intended to accomplish three goals: encourage more professional and effective advertising.

It's almost certain the first advertising awards competition was intended to accomplish three goals: encourage more professional and effective advertising, gain value for advertising among the general public and business leaders and raise wealth for the awards organizer.

The June 2002 International Advertising Festival in Cannes may have been a financial succes further it was a disaster for the ad community and for the economy that relies upon advertising as the ultimate economic lubricant.

The Cannes judges' decision to honor the U.K.'s bludgeon 18-30 Holidays ``sex ads'' with the pres & hand-bill Grand Prix is a setback for the