Advertising: Broadcast Networks Are Amply Filling Schedules

NBC and Fox are the first of the big broadcast networks to present their coming schedules.

    

Campaign Spotlight: Maaco Puts ‘Uh-Oh’ in the Rearview Mirror

The car-painting/body-repair chain updated its old hard-sell approach by celebrating “potential” in TV spots and social media.

    

TV Networks Face Falling Ratings and New Rivals

The broadcast networks are preparing to unveil new fall lineups for an audience that is shrinking rapidly, lured away by new rivals on all sides.

    

Advertising: Sophomore Slump Afflicts Once-Promising TV ShowsDarren Michaels/Warner Brothers Television

Some of the most popular new series from a year ago declined in the ratings in their second seasons.

    

Trying to Be Hip and Edgy, Ads Become Offensive

Some of the biggest names in marketing have had to apologize after consumers objected to ads that hinged on race, rape and suicide.

    

Creating an Ad Campaign for Oreos, as They Turn 101

The 100th birthday of the cookie led to a well-received yearlong advertising effort. The challenge is what to do next.

    

Advertising: Now the TV Heavyweights Have Their Week to Unveil Shows

At the annual upfront week, the largest broadcast networks and cable channels will show off their programming for the 2013-14 season in expensive presentations.

    

Media Decoder: AT&T’s Ads With Cute Kids Are a Neat Fit for Mother’s Day

The company is building on those commercials by offering consumers the chance to send personalized video cards.

    

Advertising: National Geographic Channel Shifts Its Programming to TV Series

A campaign by National Geographic is intended to highlight the channel’s focus on showing more recurring series, rather than documentaries.

    

Critic’s Notebook: Lil Wayne and Other Rappers Run Afoul of Propriety

Recent embarrassments involving rappers and their product endorsements highlight the conflicting values and public images of hip-hop artists and mainstream corporations.

    

Advertising: GE Capital Puts on a Lending Roadshow

A six-month bus tour, along with a Web site sponsored by Slate.com, is meant to promote lending to midsize businesses.

    

Mountain Dew Drops Lil Wayne Over Emmett Till Lyric

How Mountain Dew backed away from Lil Wayne’s “offensive” reference to Emmett Till.

    

Campaign Spotlight: Ads Proclaim, ‘Hail, Finlandia’

Finlandia adopts a broad, tongue-in-cheek approach to selling cheese in a new campaign.

    

Publishers Clearing House Imagines Handing a Big Check to Gilligan and Mike Brady

The ads are a riff on the scene familiar to TV viewers: the company’s prize patrol knocking on the doors of winners.

    

Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data

For as much as $20,000, Worldwide Motion Picture Group compares the story structure and genre of a script with those of released movies, looking for clues to box-office success.

    

Advertising: Destination XL Caters to Plus-Size Men

A new commercial from Destination XL takes an unusual approach of featuring chubby men.

    

Media Giants Chase Online Ads With Original Shows

Major media companies, including Condé Nast, Yahoo and Hulu, are promoting online video programming on a large scale, but it is not clear whether advertising dollars will follow.

    

Ad Campaign Selling State to Businesses Is Criticized

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration says the ads are a valuable tool for recruiting businesses, but critics say they are a backdoor way of elevating the governor’s stature.

    

Profit Dives at Washington Post Co., as Its Education Unit Falters

Net income dropped 85 percent, to $4.7 million, largely on costs attributable to buyouts, severance and restructuring.

    

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Aims for World Audience

Paramount Pictures had international moviegoers in mind when making casting and script decisions for “Star Trek Into Darkness.”