Friday Odds and Ends

By Erik Oster 


-Wunderman launched “Coins of Hope” for missing-child organization Child Focus (video above).

-ICYMI, Business Insider reported that the upcoming ANA report on media company kickbacks could lead to “jail time” for some sweaty executives.

-Ad Contrarian Bob Hoffman wonders in turn whether the report will be “a slap on the wrist or a kick in the low-hanging fruit.”

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-Facebook wants to place every single fucking ad on the web–even those seen by people who don’t use Facebook. We hear that Gawker non-fan Peter Thiel is very happy about this development.

-Deputy ECD Rosie Arnold left BBH London for AMV BBDO, leading Paul Simons of More About Advertising to wonder what’s going on there, anyway.

According to Adobe, 87 percent of American workers check work email outside of work hours and 50 percent do it while on vacation. So don’t check your email this weekend!

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