Hasta La Creative!

WPP agency RMG Connect will be taken over by J. Walter Thompson, following dismal performance and multiple top-tier reorganizations. Brand Republic reports that Ogilvy and Wunderman, who along with JWT’s 51 percent ownership, held 39 percent and 10 percent of the global shop, respectively.

We reported back in March that RMG wasn’t long for this world after Linda Jackson stepped down from her leadership role in the London office to become the General Director at OgilvyOne Mexico.

Prior to Jackson’s departure, “predecessor Nelly Andersen left RMG to return to her prior place of employment, OgilvyOne, back in October 2006 and is now an EVP, Global Brands at OgilvyOne Worldwide out of the London office.”

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USA Network’s pre-Emmy promo piece to build buzz for Burn Notice, a show about an ex-CIA operative, is printed in invisible ink. The elaborate kit, designed by TDA Advertising & Design and mailed to voting members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, includes 12 episodes of the show on four DVDs, a UV flashlight and a lot of white space. Small print reads: “Steps: 1. Use this flashlight to reveal hidden text. 2. Deny you ever used this flashlight.” I can do the latter legitimately, since I wasn’t sent the kit, just the press release, which was eminently readable on my screen. I have installed a UV light in my cube, though, so now I look all dangerous and cool, and my co-workers are avoiding me even more than usual. Excellent! See more images over at The Denver Egotist.

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