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Creativity (magazine)

Creativity is a website that covers the creative aspects of advertising and design. Creativity started as a printed magazine in 1986 but moved online in 2009. Creativity is part of Crain Communications, a privately held publisher of more than 30 trade titles.

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Jun 13, 2026
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≈ 1 min
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Source
Creativity
20th Anniversary Issue (2006)
EditorAnn-Christine Diaz
CategoriesAdvertising
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1986
Final issue2009 (print)
CompanyCrain Communications Inc.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Websitecreativity-online.com

Creativity is a website that covers the creative aspects of advertising and design. Creativity started as a printed magazine in 1986 but moved online in 2009. Creativity is part of Crain Communications, a privately held publisher of more than 30 trade titles.

AdCritic.com

Founded in 1999, AdCritic.com is a site containing a library of videos, namely television commercials. Due to the high cost of the bandwidth, the site shut off access to all videos in December 2001.12

The site was acquired by Ad Age Group in March 2002,3 at which time it changed to a subscription-only service bundled with Creativity magazine.4 In August 2007, the site was relaunched as Creativity Online.

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References

  1. "Popularity forces Adcritic shutdown - CNET News". Archive.is. December 18, 2001. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  2. "AdCritic.com: Why Is AdCritic.com Offline?". January 27, 2002. Archived from the original on January 27, 2002. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. Olsen, Stefanie. "Trade-mag publisher absorbs AdCritic". CNET.
  4. "AdCritic.com is back, for a price - CNET News". Archive.is. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
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