Hasta La Creative!

The company is teeing up about 50 commercials that will run just once during the tournament, aimed primarily at so-called C-suite executives.

Companies, academics and individual software developers will be able to use Watson at a small fraction of the previous cost.

Apple, named most valuable brand by Interbrand, a corporate identity and brand consulting company, is one of five technology companies among the top 10.

The ill-fated, computer-animated “Foodfight!” took multiple food-brand corporate mascots and made them characters.

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.

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.

Content marketing is expected to be a big growth area for the ad industry and Robert J. Murray, global president of iProspect, a leading digital agency, is signing up.

Mr. Abelson was an editor and a columnist at Barron’s magazine who delivered sharp and influential commentary on the stock markets.