#TheDailySpin: Gannett lays off 700 employees

That’s 2 percent of the workforce. Plus, a CEO explains why we’re all “social” animals, go inside this year’s PR jury room at Cannes, cigarette packs get a makeover, and much more.

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Could you replace your company’s digital media expert with a wild mongoose? Probably not, but as one CEO explains, we’re all programmed to be “social” animals.

We know the outcome, but what went on behind closed doors at this year’s PR jury room at Cannes? Advertising Age and Renee Wilson of MLSGroup take us inside.

Smoking just got a whole lot … sexier? Nope, quite the opposite actually. The FDA has said graphic images will be placed on all cigarette packaging by September 2012 to help deter consumers from lighting up.

In the wake of his now infamous tweet that got his firm fired, the Redner Group’s Jim Redner shares his side of the Duke Nukem story with Wired.

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