-Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce that they’re giving up majority control of Google over the next five years. link
-DDB and Bud Light re-imagine the “Swear Jar” minus clothes. link
-Taco Bell founder Glen Bell, Jr. passed away at the age of 86. link
-AOL acquired online video company StudioNow for $36.5M while parting ways with CTO Ted Cahall. link
-R/GA launched its new campaign for Ameriprise. link
-Stupid Facebook games are addictive and make millions. link
-Cohn & Wolfe promoted Patricia Godefroy to Chief Branding Officer. link
-Arby’s invades Brooklyn in style. link
-Charmin TP rebrands as Cushelle. link
— Here, tattooed reporter Kiran Aditham delves into the making of the 6 best Nike ads of all times (since he was to shy to share it, I sneaked into this post to add it). link
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