USA TODAY Announces Start of Young Lions 'Team USA' Competition

USA TODAY Announces Start of Young Lions 'Team USA' Competition

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY, official U.S. representative to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, announces the kickoff of the 2011 Young Lions "Team USA" competitions. New this year will be a competition open to young professionals (30 years or younger) working at corporations within marketing disciplines. All registration and competition details can be found at www.younglions.usatoday.com.The deadline for registration is February 24, 2011.

The 2011 Young Lions consists of the following competitions: Cyber, Film (TV), Media, Print and Young Marketer. Sponsors for the "Team USA" program include Digitas for Cyber; Pereira & O'Dell for Film; Starcom MediaVest Group for Media; USA TODAY for Print and Microsoft for Young Marketer.

Five winning teams will be sent, all expenses paid, to compete as "Team USA" in the Young Lions program at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The Festival takes place June 19 to June 25, 2011.

USA TODAY is a multi-platform news and information media company. Founded in 1982, USA TODAY's mission is to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation. Today, through its newspaper, website and mobile platforms, USA TODAY connects readers and engages the national conversation. USA TODAY, the nation's number one newspaper in print circulation with an average of more than 1.8 million daily, and USATODAY.com, an award-winning newspaper website launched in 1995, reach a combined 5.9 million readers daily. USA TODAY is a leader in mobile applications with more than seven million downloads on mobile devices. The USA TODAY brand also includes USA TODAY Education and USA TODAY Sports Weekly. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).

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CONTACT: Heidi Zimmerman, Director/Communications, +1-703-854-5304, hzimmerman@usatoday.com, or Ed. Cassidy, VP/Communications & Event Marketing, +1-703-854-4597, ecassidy@usatoday.com, both of USA TODAY

Web Site: http://www.younglions.usatoday.com

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