Wednesday Odds and Ends

-Jean-Yves Naouri is taking on the executive chairman role at Publicis Worldwide. link

-Wong, Doody, Crandall, Wiener grabbed the TGI Friday’s creative biz. link

-Grey Canada has a new president/CEO. link

-Dennis Go joined prodco Brand New School East as design director.

-Springfield, MO agency Marlin promoted Jeff Eaker to ACD.

-Google introduces its +1 button. link

-Great, marketers love QR codes. link

-Mark Zuckerberg‘s dad learns that it’s better to advertise on Facebook and not with it. link

-Proximity Chicago launched a Facebook contest for State Farm dubbed “Shotgun!” link

-Denny’s launched its own Facebook sweepstakes to celebrate all things bacon. Mmm, bacon. link

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