Advertising: Small Fry Feed Off Merger of Big Fish

Is big actually better or is small beautiful? Small is at least funnier, in the hands of rivals of the soon-to-merge Omnicom and Publicis.

    



Fox Contest Offers 30-Second Super Bowl Pregame Ad as a Prize

The contest is meant to tap into public interest in the advertising for the game by using social media to pick a winner. The entry fee is $150,000, however.

    



Advertising: Old Slogan Returns as United Asserts It Is Customer-Focused

United has resurrected its “fly the friendly skies” tagline.

    



Advertising: Spot Shares Moments of Better Cruise Memories

Carnival Cruise Lines has created a new campaign it hopes will put behind it the incident that stranded passengers last February.

    



Modern Farmer Magazine Capitalizes on a Trend

Modern Farmer seeks to take advantage of a food movement that has fueled growth in farmer’s markets and community-supported agriculture.

    



Advertising: Longtime Innovator Has Seed Money for New Ones

The agency, Humanaut, will help clients invent and innovate, using tools to change how people experience a product or business, one of its founders said.

    



Campaign Spotlight: If You Like Music, There May Be a Ford in Your Future

“The Rider Challenge,” an online marketing campaign produced by Live Nation Entertainment, pits teams competing in Ford Fiestas.

    



The Media Equation: Storytelling Ads May Be Journalism’s New Peril

Native advertising is advertising that wears the uniform of journalism, mimicking the storytelling aesthetic of the host site. Some say it could dilute the power of a brand over time.

    



Hollywood Wants Numbers on the Digital Box Office

As digital distribution takes off, some players in the film business are chafing about a lack of open information on how movies perform in on-demand channels.

    



Advertising: Lands’ End Ad Campaign for Dress Shirts Salutes White-Collar Workers

In television commercials and online videos, real men describe their professions and laud Lands’ End dress shirts.

    



Advertising: Fall Campaigns, With an Eye on Holiday Sales

Some brands pass on conventional advertising like commercials or print ads to stand out and to motivate consumers to become customers.

    



Advertising: An Early Start on Promoting a Mini-Series Spoof Set for January

Ads will begin to run on Friday for “The Spoils of Babylon,” a six-part series about a wealthy oil family that will parody mini-series of the 1970s and ’80s.

    



Ex-Ad Chief Is Named Next Leader at Pandora

Brian P. McAndrews, a technology and digital advertising executive, succeeds Joseph J. Kennedy, who announced his resignation in March.

    



Advertising: Appealing to a Sense of Value for Car Care

Advertising campaigns from a number of companies are signaling the return of the character or mascot while others are encouraging consumers to be smart by being value-conscious.

    



Advertising: Campbell Bets on the Wisdom of a Child

Campbell’s campaign is meant to remind parents that a bowl of soup is an appealing alternative to fast food and pizza.

    



Media Agency to Host Event for Branded Content

The event, to be held on Tuesday, is expected to bring together about 35 marketers and a dozen content creators.

    



Campaign Spotlight: 12 Years Later, Americans Are Asked to ‘Take a Day’ for 9/11

As the 12th anniversary of the attacks on World Trade Center nears, a campaign is getting under way to help build awareness for the memorial museum devoted to what happened that day.

    



Advertising: A Reinvented Condé Nast Traveler Sets a New Course

A print and social media campaign for the revised magazine will carry the theme “I am a Traveler” with the subtheme, “Every Journey Begins Here.”

    



Advertising: New Ad Campaign Targets Childhood Hunger

The ads, appearing on TV, radio, in print and online, are from the Advertising Council and Feeding America, a hunger relief organization.

    



Advertising: GoDaddy Steps Away From the Jiggle

The Internet services company once known for advertising replete with scantily clad women and double entendre is rethinking its approach.