Campaign Spotlight: Travel Magazine Goes ‘Native’ With Lodging Collection

Afar magazine has added a website section devoted to high-end hotels and resorts that have paid $25,000 each to be included.



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: 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.

    



Advertising: Selfies, Pizza and Promoting Brands at the Oscars

Ellen DeGeneres used a Samsung phone, an Oscar sponsor, for a star-studded selfie, but an iPhone to post from backstage. And that Coca-Cola emblazoned pizza delivery box rankled PepsiCo.

    



With New Rewards Card, Amex Focuses on Busy-Mom Market

The card, called Amex EveryDay and highlighted in an ad campaign starring Tina Fey, is aimed at women the company sees as a key to growth.

    



Time Inc. to Cut 500 Jobs Ahead of Spinoff

The job cuts, said to affect 500 employees, are part of a corporate restructuring as the company is spun off from its parent, Time Warner.

    



The Media Equation: Marrying Companies and Content

The New York-based company Contently has developed a roster of writers and journalists for hire and a software application that helps companies tell their own stories.

    



The Haggler: Mug-Shot Websites, Retreating or Adapting

After an October article, at least one big site has stopped charging fees for removing arrest photographs. But another has resumed the practice.

    

Styles Q + A: Lori Goldstein: With Her Magic, Fashion Becomes Art

The stylist has spent decades transforming a studio filled with shoeboxes and garment racks into artistry.

    

Selling Secrets of Phone Users to Advertisers

Advertisers and tech companies are finding new ways to track us on our smartphones and reach us with individualized ads.

    



What Can Be Sold in 140 Characters? That’s Now the Challenge for Twitter

In documents filed on Thursday, Twitter noted that it has been greatly expanding its inventory of advertising slots, especially for promoted tweets.

    



Behind Time Inc. Purchase of American Express Publishing Lies a Long History

Years of collaboration between the companies smoothed the way for Time Inc. to add magazines like Food & Wine and Travel & Leisure to its roster.

    



Time Inc. in Talks to Buy American Express Magazines

The purchase would include luxury titles like Food & Wine and Travel & Leisure, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

    



Hamish Bowles, He Was Born Dandy

Hamish Bowles, Vogue’s new columnist, brings an international aesthetic developed very (very) early on.

    



Advertising: AmEx Links a Debit Card to an Online Video Game

American Express is set to announce a new sponsorship program and prepaid debit card that take aim at the millions of people who play the online video game League of Legends.

    

AT&T, Not American Express, Will Be Chief Sponsor of Tribeca Film Festival

After 12 years, American Express is stepping back as the presenting sponsor of the festival in Lower Manhattan.

    

Advertising: Irritated? He Knows How You Feel

Dove Men+Care, a sponsor of the New York City Marathon, has hired John McEnroe, the irascible tennis pro, to represent its deodorant line to runners.

    

Campaign Spotlight: Collective, a Marketing Agency, Showcases Itself

A campaign highlights the kinds of services the digital marketing company can provide to clients.

    

Advertising: A Cook-Off Among Chefs to Join Delta’s Kitchen

The contest, the Cabin Pressure Cook-Off, will feature four chefs cited by Food & Wine as “best new chefs.”

    

Accounts and People of Note in the Ad Industry

American Advertising Federation, Washington, elected its board for 2013-14.