G.M. and Mountain Dew Pull Ads After Criticism for Racial Insensitivity

The General Motors ad included a song with lyrics that crudely referred to the Chinese. Mountain Dew’s ad involved a battered woman and a lineup with African-American men.

    

After Decades, Gillette and BBDO Ad Agency Part Ways

Procter & Gamble, which acquired Gillette in 2005, is shifting the account — and its hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising — to Grey.

    

Advertising: FleishmanHillard Rebrands Itself, With a 21st Century Focus

FleishmanHillard, founded in 1946, is expanding to offer services like advertising and social media marketing in addition to public relations.

    

Campaign Spotlight: Charity Promotes a New York State of Mind

An antipoverty campaign by the Robin Hood Foundation celebrates archetypal Big Apple behaviors, like knowing the best place to get dim sum.

    

Media Decoder: The Economist Looks to Colleges for New Readers

The new campaign is primarily digitally based and builds on the fact that many new readers first learn about the magazine from a professor or parent.

    

Media Decoder Blog: See All Media News in One Place

The New York Times’ Media news can now be found at the Media & Advertising section front.

    

Warner Bros. Enlists Walmart Stores to Promote ‘Man of Steel’

In an unusual partnership, about a million tickets to early screenings will be put aside for customers at Walmart stores.

    

Advertising: Trying to Burnish Its Image, Johnson & Johnson Turns to Emotions

Johnson & Johnson’s new campaign, called For All You Love, aims at reviving its tarnished brand.

    

Skin Deep: Best Actor in a Spritzing Role

Move over, male models. The face of men’s fragrance is now a leading man from the big or small screen.

    

Advertising: Screenvision Adopts Television’s Approach to Attracting Advertisers

Screenvision, the nation’s second largest seller of commercials in movie theaters, plans to hold its first upfront sales presentation to advertisers.

    

Coke Looks Beyond Spotify for Music Promotion in India

Coca-Cola India is working with Dhingana, a music streaming service, to promote songs from its “Crazy for Happiness” advertising campaign.

    

Scripps Networks Is Adding 52 New Series

Scripps Networks Interactive, which includes the Food Network and HGTV, hopes to please advertisers seeking original programming with a total of 52 new series.

    

Advertising: That Hawaiian Tropic Scent, No Bikini Required

For years, Hawaiian Tropic was known for its swimwear pageant, but its new marketing campaign promotes a contest of a different sort.

    

Campaign Spotlight: Creating ‘Youphoria’ the Nordstrom Way

The conservative retailer is intensifying its efforts to woo younger customers by offering “new, of the moment” online brands.

    

Advertising: Green Works Aims to Get Out of the Niche

A marketing overhaul for the environmentally friendly housecleaning product leads to lower prices and a new promotion strategy.

    

Advertising: Celebrating Black Beauty and Advocating Diversity

A 30-minute documentary that aims to empower African-American women was backed by Procter & Gamble, but the filmmakers maintained creative freedom.

    

Lionsgate Updates Its Animated Logo

Studios regularly update their logos, but Lionsgate, looking to underscore its growth, adopted a radically different one.

    

A Coding Standard to Track Media Assets Is Proposed

An industry group says a new system for monitoring where, when and how digital videos are watched would be a boon to media companies and marketers.

    

News Media Weigh Use of Photos of Carnage

Pictures of the aftermath of the bombings at the Boston Marathon started a debate among news organizations about when images are too horrifying to display.

    

Advertising: Mun2 Relies Heavily on Reality Shows Starring Celebrities

Mun2’s presentation to advertisers for its 2013 and 2014 seasons featured new and returning reality series that centered on celebrities.