Monday Odds And Ends

By SuperSpy 

Charlie Rose is super savvy and announces layoffs in public and without shame. (video above and link)

Montel Williams has gotten into the infomercial game. (link)

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– Toyota wasn’t saved by zero or anything else. (link)

50cent’s show on MTV, “The Money And The Power”, has been cancelled as the network looks to create more, um, AFFIRMATIVE content. (link)

– Ad agency Latorra, Paul & McCann (LP&M) has been named the agency of record for six states in the Northeast region as well as Western Pennsylvania. (<a href="http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/12-22-2008/0004945636&EDATE=" target="_blank"link)

– LinkedIn founder and board chairman Reid Hoffman released a statement Wednesday announcing he will return to his former gig as CEO, replacing Dan Nye who will leave the company in mid-January. (link)

– Thank heavens! The THC content of marijuana is nearing 10 percent, setting a record for pot potency, reports the Department of Justice. That’ll see you through the recession, no prob. (link)

– The first Internet-created feature film, Perkins14, debuts next month. Whoa! (link)

– SMS revenues are set to exceed USD 224 Billion by 2013. This year’s take? USD 130 billion. (link)

– According to Pew, over half of American adults play video games, and four out of five young adults play games. Duh. (link)

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