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The New York Times overtook USA Today for second place, after The Wall Street Journal, with total circulation up 17.6 percent.

In Ms. Shriver’s new role, she will not be on any one NBC program regularly, but will appear on a variety of them and will produce and anchor prime-time special reports.

We’ve just received confirmation that Joe Cianciotto, who’s spent well over nine years at DDB and works out of the New York office, has been appointed to the newly created position of chief digital officer at the agency. Along with his new CDO title, which he will take on effective immediately, Cianciotto will also maintain his position as executive creative director, a role he’s held at DDB for the last six years (he also served as director of digital integration for the last three). During his career, the senior creative also spent over six years at Publicis, where he last served as an ACD. Cianciotto will continue to work out of DDB’s NYC office.

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Cory Berger has joined Pereira & O’Dell as managing director of the New York office. In his new role, Mr. Berger will manage the day-to-day operations of the office which currently serves clients like Corona and Reebok. Previously, he was the vice president of business development and client services for the digital and social agency Noise. Prior to Noise, Mr. Berger held position at various leading agencies including Mother New York, Momentum Worldwide, and Euro RSCG.

Vizeum has appointed Nadine Young as the communication agency’s new chief strategy officer. In this newly created position, Ms. Young will be responsible for developing insight-based strategies and communication plans that enable brands to engage with their consumers in unconventional ways. Bringing over 15 years of experience at leading media agencies to the table, she most recently served as managing partner and group communications director at Mindshare. Before moving to the U.S. to join Mindshare, Ms. Young held a variety of positions at media agencies in the U.K., including ZenithOptimedia and AW Media.

MDC Partners has named Andre Coste the chief financial officer of the newly created MDC Partner Network. He will be responsible for partnering with the agency executive teams to drive efficient and effective growth and optimize financial management, as well as providing guidance and expertise as MDC agencies seek to expand internationally. He brings nearly 30 years of management experience to the job, the last 10 of which were spent at Publicis Group. Most recently, he served as global chief financial officer for Publicis.

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Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France:
Chief Creative Officer: Olivier Altmann
Creative Officer : Hervé Riffault
Copywriter: Thierry Lebec
Art Director: Bénédicte Potel
Assisting AD: Magali Valencia
Account managers: Stéphane Gaillard, Boris Langlois, Caroline Su, Adeline Blanc

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