-McCann Romania won Grand Prix at Cannes in Promo & Activation and Direct. link
-Clemenger BBDO won the PR Grand Prix for its National Bank of Australia campaign. link
-Commercial/music video director James Brown, formerly of Smuggler and Stink, signed to the roster of Tool of North America. link
-DDB Chicago unveiled a series of new ads for State Farm (above). link
-Pereira & O’Dell namesake/CEO Andrew O’Dell gets a moment in the spotlight. link
-eMarketer: Facebook will surpass Yahoo in display ad revenue this year. link
-The Internet, now a domain-naming free-for-all. link
-Skin care company StriVectin named New York-based, Havas-owned shop Cake as its social media AOR.
-Yep, Samsung and UC San Diego students are striving to perfect Smell-o-Vision technology. link