Campaign Spotlight: Peanuts Come Out of Their Shells by Proclaiming Their ‘Powerful’ Properties

A new campaign promotes the power of the peanut, with ads online and in print to remind health-conscious shoppers of the protein and other benefits of peanuts.

    



Advertising: For Opening Day, a Campaign to Love Baseball

A salute to opening day will start the effort, by BBDO New York, which will focus on young stars and how attending games can provide lifetime memories.

    



In Audiences on Broadway, Fewer Guys Among the Dolls

While a night out at the theater used to be a staple for cultured American men, fewer shows are grabbing them these days.

    



Advertising: At Big on Mars, Trying to Get a Handle on Tomorrow’s Tech

Digitaria is starting a unit devoted to mobile technology in another example of efforts on Madison Avenue to keep up with the fast-changing landscape.

    



Advertising: A TV App From Disney Lets Travelers Browse Its Vacation Offerings

The app aggregates videos, photographs, interactive theme park maps and other information from the websites of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts businesses and their social media channels.

    

Advertising: Commercials to Go Live With Show Cast Members

TV Land, a Viacom cable channel, will have live ads with the characters from two series, “Hot in Cleveland” and “The Soul Man,” during special live broadcasts of the shows.

    



Campaign Spotlight: A Haggadah for the Digital Age

An app paired with “The Bronfman Haggadah,” a hardcover book by Edgar Bronfman, was released earlier this month.

    



Advertising: With a French Accent, a Soap Brand Tells a Tale of Well-Scrubbed Lovers

Method is introducing a series of quirky commercials that depict a young couple meeting at a party, falling in love, moving in together and having a baby.

    



Children’s TV Aims to Profit From Award Shows

For the first time, the Disney Channel is televising the Radio Disney Music Awards as a special in prime time, and Nickelodeon is adding Kids’ Choice Sports.

    



Home as Scene Stealer

When the script called for a trophy house, a property in Los Angeles played itself.

    



Advertising: Westin Creates Six Pillars of Well-Being in a Program for Guests and Employees

The program is being introduced on Thursday to coincide with the International Day of Happiness, which promotes well-being, among other things, and the first day of spring.

    



Advertising: Free-for-All on the Final Friday of Tribeca Film Festival

As the presenting sponsor of the festival for the first time, the company is introducing an effort, “Film for All,” that aims to expose the festival to more New Yorkers.

    



Campaign Spotlight: American Airlines Focuses on the Glory Days of Flying

The company is highlighting its transcontinental service and the glamorous celebrities who have flown with it.

    



Advertising: Family Cable Channels Add Original Series

Crown Media Holdings, ABC Family and Nickelodeon Group are among companies that are highlighting original series in upfront presentations, so called because they promote the fall season.

    



The Media Equation: A New Model for Music: Big Bands, Big Brands

At the South by Southwest festival this year, historically a place of artistic idiosyncrasy, corporate logos were everywhere.

    



Advertising: Wendy’s Turns Up Volume on Adoption Drive

Wendy’s has long supported adoption, but now the company is putting it front and center with a national advertising campaign and an adoption hub on its website.

    

Advertising: Clean & Clear Videos Dare Not Speak Blemish’s Name

Johnson & Johnson’s new campaign for the skin-care product Clean & Clear uses nonactors and focuses on girls who pursue expectation-defying passions.

    

Advertising: One Singular Sensation for Award Winners

A nonprofit organization, the One Club for Art and Copy, is taking a step to reconsider the proliferation of ad industry honors.

    

Advertising: Former Rivals Come Together in a Campaign to End Childhood Hunger

Procter & Gamble and ConAgra, two consumer-product giants that once battled each other for market share, are combining their ad dollars to advance a good cause.

    



Campaign Spotlight: 24-Hour ‘Rebrand’ Helps Twin Cities Nonprofits

An effort to help a local organization compresses a traditional advertising and marketing effort into a 24-hour marathon.