Monday Odds and Ends

By Patrick Coffee 


-Are we gonna be the only people to make the Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo joke here, or what?

-Apparently it was a win for Nike, even though the records in question were not broken.

-Also: Adweek unveiled its list of 2017 Media All-Stars.

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-Former Saatchi & Saatchi global CMO Jeff Geisler joined Linus Karlsson’s MING Utility and Entertainment Group as its new president.

-Fancy billboards: OOH agency Circus Maximus launched a new, very green effort for global payment company Adyen in Times Square.

-Ad execs can’t agree on whether YouTube has “done enough to allay brand safety concerns.”

-Indianapolis-based creative agency Young & Laramore welcomed account manager Grace Gibbons and associate account manager Catherine Watson.

Eugene Mehrer, the German film student behind that Adidas spec spot, signed to prod co StrangeLove for representation.

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