Monday Odds and Ends

By Kiran Aditham 

-Burger King has restored the crown (but not the King, sadly) and revamped its kids’ program with the help of its youth/family AOR, Pitch. link (image)

-Showtime is promoting its new series, Homeland, with a virtual polygraph test. Who’s in? link

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-IKEA awarded McCann another piece of its global creative account. link

-The Chicago Tribune fawns over Euro RSGC Chicago CEO, Ron Bess. link

Inc., meanwhile, is running a lengthy profile of Richards Group founder Stan Richards. link

-Korea is becoming a hot mobile ad market. link

-Barnes & Noble is readying a Nook tablet marketing blitz, just in time for the product’s launch next week. link

-Chalk one up for Big Tobacco as a judge has blocked a federal requirement of graphic cigarette warning labels. link

-20-year MEC Canada vet Tracy Bellamy has been promoted to VP, managing partner, connection planning.

 

 

 

 

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