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.

    



Putative Bitcoin Founder Categorically Denies It

Dorian Nakamoto appeared to be laying the groundwork for a lawsuit against Newsweek, saying its article had harmed him. He stopped short of saying he would sue.

    



ArtsBeat: SXSW 2014: No Lady Gaga Show for Me

Getting a ticket to see the show would have required the kind of social-media shillling that I don’t think anyone’s friends or followers should be subjected to.

    



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.

    

Theories Grow Without Facts on Lost Flight

On news programs and in chat rooms, aviation experts and the less informed tried to explain how a modern jet like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could disappear without a trace.

    



U.N. Denies That Syria Image Was Faked

A photograph of hungry Palestinians in Syria, retweeted more than eight million times, has become an iconic image of the war. Experts said it was real.

    



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.

    



Live Reporting on Autopsy Banned at Pistorius Trial

Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee track star, was reported to have vomited during a pathologist’s testimony.

    

Newsweek Returns to Print and Sets Off a Bitcoin Storm

The magazine’s story claiming to have uncovered the founder of the digital currency drew a wave of attention, much of it negative.

    



The Sweet, Streaming Sound of Data

With the music industry turning digital, music companies can now understand their customers’ listening habits in greater depth than ever before.

    



Getty to Let Bloggers and Others Use Photos Free

The photo agency has decided to allow noncommercial websites and social media users to publish its images at no cost using an “embedding” tool.

    



To Spur Traffic at News Sites, Just Travoltify

John Travolta’s mispronunciation of a name at the Oscars led the website Slate to create a feature to do the same with anyone’s name — the kind of interactive game now driving Web traffic.

    



Advertising: Morning Show for Weather Channel

The Weather Channel is adding a morning news show called “AMHQ With Sam Champion,” a program that advertisers suggested the company create to give the network regularly scheduled programming.

    

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.

    



Out There: A Successor to Sagan Reboots ‘Cosmos’

Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the series, on Fox, invites viewers to take a communal journey from earth to the observable universe.

    



Advertising: Chips Ahoy! Campaign Brings Back a Familiar (Chocolate-Chipped) Face

Mondelez International plans new Chips Ahoy brand products and a campaign featuring the return of Cookie Guy.

    



A Bastion for Israel, Seething Inside

A dispute over Israel at The New Republic has spilled out of the newsroom and into the public realm, leading to questions over the magazine’s new editorial stance.

    

Advertising: Dove Tells Women to Love Their Armpits

Dove is promoting a new line of deodorant with a campaign that tries to beautify an unlovely part of the body — and also pokes fun at New Jersey.

    



KCHUNG Gives Los Angeles Artists a Voice on the Airwaves

KCHUNG, a fledgling low-wattage radio station and art collective in Los Angeles, has a reach far beyond the range of its broadcast signal.

    



A New York Observer Article Brings a Spat in Trump’s Orbit

An article on the New York attorney general portrayed him as vindictive and politically opportunistic. It also included a defense of Donald Trump.