Thursday Odds and Ends

By Kiran Aditham 

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-The Cannes Lions folks have announced their first speakers for the 2014 fest which include everyone from Sir Martin Sorrell to electronic music pioneer, Carl Craig. link

-MEC has appointed digital media vet and iCrossing alum Rachel Pasqua as head of mobile for MEC North America.

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-Forgot to mention this yesterday, but following a review, Deutsch New York has been appointed as integrated agency lead for Jägermeister, which previously worked with agencies like Mistress.

-Former Mazda at The Garage VP/creative director Todd Miller has joined The Integer Group as SVP/ECD and will work out of the shopper marketing agency’s Des Moines office.

-The New York Festivals “World’s Best Advertising” competition has added more names to its 2014 executive jury including Amusement Park CEO/CCO Jimmy Smith and SapientNitro worldwide CCO, Gaston Legorburu link

-Hey, social media-savvy kids, up for a paid internship in Europe? Well, Nivea has teamed up with digital partner AKQA to launch #Interngram. Details here.

-Dentsu posted a 66.4 percent revenue gain to approximately $4.1 billion for the nine months ended Dec. 31. link

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