50th Anniversary CLIO Awards Announces 2009 Executive Jury Chairs for Five New, Distinct Award Shows   Source:prnewswire.com Author:

- Entries deadline for the advertising awards show is January 23, 2009. Entries deadline for the Strategic Communications/Public Relations category is February 13, 2009. Entries now being accepted at www.clioawards.com -

NEW YORK, Jan.15 /PRNewswire/ -- The CLIO Awards, one of the world's most prestigious international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, today announced the highly influential industry leaders from around the world who will serve as executive jury chairs for the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards to be held May 12 - 14, 2009 in Las Vegas.

The appointments are as follows:

• Content & Contact - Rob Reilly, Partner/Co-Executive Creative Director: Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder/Miami, USA

• Design - Stefan Sagmeister, President: Sagmeister Inc., New York, USA

• Interactive - Nick Law, Chief Creative Officer, North America: R/GA, New York, USA

• Print/Poster/Innovative Media/Integrated Campaign - Marcello Serpa, General Creative Director: AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Radio - Warren Brown, Executive Creative Director: BMF, Sydney, Australia

• Technique - Michelle Curran, President: Amber Music, London/Los Angeles/New York

• Television/Cinema/Digital - Mark Tutssel, Chief Creative Officer: Leo Burnett Worldwide, Chicago, USA

• Strategic Communications/Public Relations - Richard Edelman, President & Chief Executive Officer: Edelman, New York, USA

"In order to honor great work, CLIO has appointed the most strategic, innovative and creative individuals in the advertising industry to serve as executive jury chairs for the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards," said Wayne Youkhana, director of the CLIO Awards. "These individuals not only demonstrate a profound understanding of the rapidly-changing dynamics of the marketplace, but are also creative leaders in the industry who consistently inspire fresh thinking in all mediums."

This year's three-day CLIO festival will be held May 12 - 14, 2009 in Las Vegas, and will feature five distinct award shows, receptions, after-parties, a comprehensive and forward-thinking educational conference featuring the world's greatest creative minds, a 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards viewing gallery, as well as networking opportunities for CLIO delegates.

The five distinct award shows are:

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• Moving Image Awards - recognizing Television/Cinema/Digital & Television/Cinema/Digital Technique mediums

• Emerging Media Awards - recognizing Content & Contact, Innovative Media, Interactive, and Integrated mediums

• Communications Awards* - recognizing Print, Radio, Direct Mail, Poster and Billboard mediums, as well as Strategic Communications and Public Relations

• Design Awards - recognizing Design mediums

• Lifetime Achievement Awards - recognizing the outstanding and ongoing contribution of an individual who leads the industry forward

The entry submission deadline for the advertising category is January 23, 2009 for all work appearing between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. The entry submission deadline for the Strategic Communications/Public Relations category is February 13, 2009 for any campaign appearing between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

For additional information, please visit www.clioawards.com.

*The Print and Radio Awards show has been renamed the Communications Awards, as the category now includes the Strategic Communications/Public Relations awards.

About The CLIO Awards

The CLIO Awards is one of the world's most recognized awards competition for advertising, design and interactive. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2009, the CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, CLIO's iconic statute is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry's creative accomplishments. The CLIO Awards are produced by Nielsen company Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, a global information and media company.

About The Nielsen Company

The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and company publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA. For more information, please visit, www.nielsen.com.