DOHA: Around 300 guests attended yesterday the launching of the weeklong Mousharaka Conference by the Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar (VCU-Q) in partnership with the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda).

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As online advertising revenues are expected to slow to little more than a trickle this year, Hearst is the latest newspaper company trying to figure out how much of its content it can put behind a pay-wall.

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The lion’s share of advertising will soon shift to the digital media, relegating the print media to a position of relative marginality, said the speakers at a conference at Dubai Press Club, adding that the current projections for ad spent on the media assume that while print media will hold on to a mere 20%, digital platforms will grab the rest in a few years’ time.

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Brand strategist Terri Goldstein announces the opening of her consultancy and design firm, The Goldstein Group. With clients including Bayer, Merck, Chattem, and Heinz, The Goldstein Group has already been recognized by trade publication Graphic Design USA for excellence in the field. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2191404.htm

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DOHA: Mousharaka conference organised by the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCU-Q)in partnership with International Council for Graphic Design Association (Icograda), will commence today at the university premises.

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All-star graphic designer Rick Valicenti, the founder of Thirst, gave a mesmerizing preview this week of his upcoming collaboration with furniture designer Arik Levy, for the latter’s first solo exhibition. Valicenti revealed all at Design Indaba, the annual celebration of graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new …

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The research group IDC has reversed its online advertising growth estimates from 10 percent growth in 2009 to a 5 percent drop in revenues in the first quarter that could get worse in the second.

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New Website Enables “Recession Shoppers” to Save Time and Money with All the Best Offers.

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Remote Digital Media Provides a tapeless solution to producers needing to begin an edit immediately after a show’s recording without digitizing or lengthy file conversions.

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