Tuesday Odds and Ends

By Erik Oster 


-Brooklyn-based Current Studios created Candid Catmera, an app that tricks your cat into taking a selfie. One dollar from every download goes to the SPCA.

-360i CCO Pierre Lipton has some predictably predictable predictions regarding the year to come. But he still doesn’t know what to make of this election.

-Campaign lists “The best agency Christmas cards of 2016.” Ugh, already?

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-Burbank agency Midnight Oil hired Sean Salter (Trailer Park) as its newest creative director and Christy Hayes (M&C Saatchi, McCann) as an account director.

-Can any brands avoid politics? Apparently not, according to the Washington Post.

Tariq Hassanhead of global wealth management marketing and global brand strategy at Bank of America, is leaving the company after two years

-These are the ads that Australians complained about most in 2016.

-Why have Hershey’s Kisses been around for so long? Let Adweek explain.

-TEN: The Enthusiast Network hired Micah Abrams as group content director for its sports and entertainment division.

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