-BBDO New York celebrates its newly renovated open workspace by gifting over 500 staffers with a pair of Denon Urban Raver AH-D400 over-ear headphones. BBDO NY was named Denon’s first creative AOR over the summer.
-Adobe has acquired NYC-based portfolio sharing network, Behance. link
-Grey and Black Iris Music have created a full-length version of the tune, “Beautiful Dreamer,” featuring vocalist Rachel Fannan, that was featured on its recent national “Inspired” spot for Canon USA. link
-And now, some more agency holiday work, this one from Mauro Cavalletti and crew at JWT Agencia Casa in Brazil, who chime in with a live-streaming effort called “Client Striker,” which is the agency’s version of a holiday card. link
-Heat and the Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco are giving to the homeless with a holiday sock drive. link
-The folks at TBWA\Manchester are awaiting your virtual kiss during this holiday season. link
-We’ll rattle off a couple of more TBWA\-related items. Here’s Singapore’s take on naughty or nice. link
-…And the world becomes a snow globe according to TBWA\Vietnam. link
-Publicis Groupe and subsidiary Saatchi & Saatchi want class action charges for allegedly using unauthorized models’ images dropped. link
-Bi-coastal entertainment branding agency Loyalkaspar hired Darryl Mascarenhas, who most recently worked on a co-branded assignment AMC’s The Walking Dead and the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system, as a creative director.