Wednesday Odds and Ends

By Kiran Aditham 

-Congrats Specific Media, you now own MySpace. All it cost was a cool $35 million. Now what? link

-Did you know BBDO launched a new website this month? link

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-Rob Zombie, Woolite ad director among other things, has signed to the roster of Original Film.

-MDC Partners is changing the address of its corporate office in NYC to 745 Fifth Ave come July 1.

-Why not slap the digerati in the face every once in a while. link

-NYC Mayor Bloomberg goes on the ad offensive to fix gun checks (above). link

-Google took down 93,000 scam ads in the latter half of 2010. link

-Psyop alum Justin Fines joined prodco/design studio Brand New School as ACD.

-Y&R/O&M alum Andrea Frederick joined Raleigh, NC-based Capstrat as account director.

-What happens when you release a tale about Quentin Tarantino’s toe-sucking habits and it goes viral? You get fired. link

-An agency self-promo ad from Spain? Sure, why not. link

-Note to self: Turntable.fm is fun. link

 

 

 

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