Friday Odds and Ends

By Kiran Aditham 

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-The Cannes Lions folks have announced their final juries for the 2014 event in categories such as Branded Content & Entertainment, Creative Effectiveness, Mobile and PR. link

-StrawberryFrog India has rebranded as Famous Innovations. link

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-Seeing as he’s done it once before, our old pal Rich Siegel returns with another timely post about Red Lobster. link

-It’s safe to say that Omnicom chief John Wren did pretty well for himself in 2013. link

-According to the IAB, U.S. interactive ad revenue rose for $42.8 billion in 2013, surpassing broadcast for the first time marking a 17 percent rise from 2012. link

-Speaking of the IAB, the organization welcomed Scott Cunningham as VP of technology and ad operations. link

Mad Men star Jon Hamm talks, what else, Don Draper among other things in a Q&A with Rolling Stone. link

-Yep, Spirit Airlines still sucks. link

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