Thursday Morning Stir

-Former Digitas CEO David Kenny was named president of Akamai. link

-Tricia Clark joined Euro RSCG Chicago as group account director.

-Virgin Atlantic unveiled its new brand identity, which was created by Johnson Banks and VA’s in-house brand design team. link

-DirecTV is kicking off a $100 million marketing blitz to promote its NFL Sunday Ticket package. link

-Former Haagen Dazs brand manager Abigail Marr joined W+K London as an account director on Nokia. link

-Dairy Queen takes a yogurt company to court over the “Blizzard” trademark. link

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