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What is it with Minneapolis-based agencies and their intern-wrangling? We’ve covered the tactics of Campbell Mithun in the past and now, it’s Colle+McVoy’s turn with its own recruitment efforts to find interns who, yes, have a sense of humor (seriously, we think you have to in this type of gig).

As for the internship itself, it involves client engagement across account management, strategy and media, so let the fun begin. Here are two of the positions the Twin Cities agency is looking to fill along with a digital studio artist, graphic designer and interactive designer. See the requirements and other pieces of pertinent info here. And no, there are no Twinkies concepts required from this particular MN shop.

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The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled in a case against craft supplies purveyor Michaels Stores, deciding that ZIP codes are personally-identifiable information.

It’s become commonplace for bricks-and-mortar merchants to ask shoppers for their ZIP code when they pay with a credit card (and even sometimes when they use cash). The court decision, and others like it on the books in California and a handful of other states, have some privacy lawyers suggesting retailers change their ways when it comes to collecting ZIP codes.

The Massachusetts court last month ruled in the class action suit that collecting personal information when conducting a credit card transaction violates state privacy law. In this case, it wasn’t about data security or fraud. Rather, plaintiff Melissa Tyler argued that when Michaels Stores matched her ZIP code collected by a cashier with other data to retrieve her mailing address and phone number to target marketing communications to her, it violated an existing law prohibiting entities from requiring personal information when paying with a credit card.

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Facebook isn’t placing ads on its photo-sharing service Instagram, so brands and celebrities have started taking matters into their own hands. From Unilever to Nike, marketers are cropping up in sponsored posts on the platform, but Facebook isn’t earning any revenue from it.

It was just a few months ago that a change in Instagram’s terms of service that would permit the use of any images on the social network in advertising set off alarm bells with users. Celebrities, photographers and brands such as National Geographic threatened to delete their accounts for fear that their images would turn up in advertising, and within days Instagram co-founder days Kevin Systrom reverted the terms of service.

Instagram had to backtrack and make it clear it wouldn’t take users photos and use them for advertising without permission. But then it left questions: What would ads on Instagram look like? How and when did Facebook plan to turn Instagram into a business?

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L’américain Andrew Julian nous propose cette vidéo magnifique réalisée avec la caméra Blackmagic Cinema au cours de son récent voyage à Paris. Appelée « The Quiet City », cette création montre la capitale française au calme, sur la musique Spiegel im Spiegel composée par Arvo Pärt.

Well, since our inquiries last week to Havas regarding Vin Farrell went nowhere because Adweek apparently had some exclusive/vice grip on the agency’s comms, let’s just go “we hear” on this one before another “exclusive” pops up. Along with said agency’s new global chief content officer, we’ve been hearing all week that fellow R/GA-er Sean Lyons is following suit and joining up with Havas. Lyons has spent well over eight years at the agency for the digital age and for the last year has served as SVP, operations and business planning.

During his lengthy stay at R/GA, Lyons has moved up the ladder from group director to managing director to his current SVP post. We’ve checked in with both camps about the apparent move, but have yet to hear back. Maybe it was something we said, but we’ll let you know if we hear more.

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With sales of electric vehicles continuing to stall, Alex Brownsell explores what brands should do to win over sceptical UK consumers.

The Milk Race, which is making a return this year after a 20-year hiatus, could become a multi-event race across the UK with different sponsors, according to a key executive behind the event.