Ten weeks after Facebook pledged to fight vaccine misinformation, it was still running ads for a prominent antivaccination group that suggests doctors hid evidence of the harm vaccines do to kids. [WSJ]
Lacoste will try NBCUniversal’s new ShoppableTV ad format, encouraging French Open viewers this weekend to aim their smartphone cameras at TVs to buy Lacoste X Novak Djokovic products. [THR]
The North Face apologized for editing photos of people wearing its gear into Wikipedia pages for destinations in Brazil, Scotland and Peru. The incident now appears under “controversies” in Wikipedia’s entry on the company. [Ad Age]
The NFL loosened its alcohol ad policies again, this time to start letting sponsors feature active players in beer ads. [Morning Consult]
Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are working on forming a production company to make movies and TV shows, focusing on stories by and about women. [Bloomberg]
Wired is testing letting advertisers increase the number of free articles available each month before readers hit its paywall. [Digiday]
New York Media promoted Jacqueline Cinguina to the new role of chief marketing officer as part of an e-commerce push. [Folio]
Firefly, a startup that puts digital ads on top of ride-sharing vehicles and taxis, raised another $30 million from investors partly to support its expansion to New York City. [TechCrunch]
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