Philly tells huge ‘Bee Movie’ ad to buzz off

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In another sign of the desperate state of print media, the honchos at Philadelphia Media Holdings agreed to have the Inquirer-Daily News Building draped in a massive ad for Bee Movie that would include a 50-foot inflatable bee. The deal is apparently off, though, after community groups protested. PMH CEO and Inquirer publisher Brian Tierney, a former agency exec, told his own newspaper: “It’s meant to put a smile on people’s faces, and I think it will.

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