Deutsch L.A. engaged in a deceptive practice by asking employees to promote Sony's PlayStation Vita on Twitter, the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a complaint unveiled on Tuesday.

Online video distributor Aereo, which suspended operations three days after its Supreme Court defeat in June, said on Friday that it filed for bankrputcy.

Mini U.S.A. has tapped Tom Noble, a marketer at BMW Australia, as department head, Mini Brand Communications. Noble, who will handle all brand positioning duties for Mini in the U.S. at the company's U.S. headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., replaces Tom Salkowsky, who was shifted overseas to be department head, key account management at the global organization in Munich.

It seems likely that Steve Shannon, who came to Hyundai Motor America in 2011 some months after Joel Ewanick left, is leaving the company. HMA hasn't confirmed this, and Shannon is not available for comment. More later

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said today that it will reconsider whether to order Google to remove the clip 'Innoncence of Muslims' from YouTube. The court also said that the original opinion in the case, issued in February by a three-judge, won't serve as precedent within the 9th Circuit.

In his strongest statement this year on net neutrality, President Barack Obama today urged the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband service as a utility. Doing so would allow the FCC to impose the same kinds of common carrier rules that require telephone companies to put through all calls.