Advertising: Even if Elected, He’s Just Serving Coffee

The New York coffee company Vassilaros & Sons is using a mock political campaign to promote its expansion into direct sales to consumers.

    

The Last Temptation of Tina Brown

After two and a half years of lost opportunity and revenue, Tina Brown reflected on the ill-fated merger of The Daily Beast and Newsweek.

    

Advertising: Marilyn Monroe’s Star Still Shines in Ad Campaigns

More than 50 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe still attracts attention and sales.

    

Air Force Invites Youths to Help Solve Problems

The initiative involves a digital “Collaboratory,” in which young people will be challenged to develop new technologies for tasks like search and rescue.

    

Advertising: Bass Updates Penny Loafer For Next Generation

For the first time in nearly 20 years, G.H. Bass & Company is basing an advertising campaign on the penny loafer.

    

In Germany, Union Culture Clashes With Amazon’s Labor Practices

Unions say the company has imported American-style business practices that stand at odds with European norms.

    

Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?

When the Sunil Tripathi rumor went viral after the Boston Marathon bombing, it laid bare the dysfunctional codependence between new and old media.

    

Advertising: New Unit to Turn Brands Into Publishers

Following its own move into automated buying, IPG Mediabrands announced a plan to help clients create content for online platforms.

    

Two Ad Giants Chasing Google in Merger Deal

The merger of Omnicom and Publicis signals that advertising is now firmly in the business of collecting and selling the personal information of millions of consumers.

    

Merger Is Set To Create World’s No. 1 Ad Company

Together, Omnicom Group and the Publicis Groupe would become the world’s biggest advertising company, setting their sights on digital media.

    

Advertising: Air Force Asks Students to Solve Real-World Problems

People will be challenged to develop technologies for search-and-rescue operations, create software code for an unmanned aerial vehicle and to help start the newest GPS satellite.

    

Media Decoder: Tooth Fairy Site Angers Anti-Commercialism Group

The Real Tooth Fairies site raised the ire of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood for commercializing a rite of passage.

    

Two Ad Companies Are Said to Merge, Supplanting Industry Leader

The merger of the Omnicom Group and the Publicis Groupe would create a new industry leader positioned to better capture profits from digital media and emerging markets.

    

Travel Blogging Today: It’s Complicated

In an increasingly competitive field, bloggers need to do more than attract readers. They may also need to find sponsors.

    

Advertising: Welcoming a Royal Baby While Trying Not to Steal the Spotlight

Advertisers took to social media to send congratulatory messages to the royal family — examples of how brands are increasingly trying to become part of news-driven cultural moments.

    

Nonpartisan Fact-Checking Comes to South Africa

A fledging Web site seeks to offer South Africa the kind of journalistic fact-checking that is a fixture in America with sites like FactCheck.org.

    

Awaiting Another Top Editor, Essence Faces Identity Questions

The magazine’s next editor in chief will be confronted by a growing sense among some readers, bloggers and media analysts that Essence has lost its editorial direction.

    

Advertising: Online, a Cereal Maker Takes an Inclusive Approach

General Mills created a cereal lovers group on Facebook that welcomes mentions and even recipes made with cereals made by its competitors.

    

Advertising: Duracell Offers Praise, and Power, for Everyday Heroes

Duracell is introducing its premium Quantum brand with a promotion announcing the donation of batteries to firefighters and paramedics.

    

Tony Metcalf, Editor of Free City Newspapers, Dies at 50

Mr. Metcalf led Metro US, a newspaper that offers a quick read to young bus and subway riders in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.