-Google Creative Lab won USA Today’s 2012 Print Ad Competition, which including judges such as Chuck Porter and Droga5 ECD Nik Studzinki, and picked up $1 million worth of free ads in the trade as a result. link
-SapientNitro is making further inroads into Brazil as the agency has acquired 10-year-old Sao Paulo digital shop, iThink. link
-AKQA continues to bust out iPad apps, following its “Fly Delta” ditty with one for the World Wildlife Fund dubbed “WWF Together.” link
-San Francisco-based Duncan/Channon has launched a new campaign for used auto dealer brand, DriveTime, called “Matchmaker” (one spot above).
-The One Club has released the full list of its top 10 automobile commercials from the past 25 years, topped by the “Grrr” spot for Honda from W+K London. View them all here.
-L.A.-based creative marketing agency Bemis Balkind has promoted Jeffrey Almeida to the position of VP, account services.