Essena O’Neill: can kids spot covert marketing by social media stars?

Brands are using young influencers with big online followings to market their products, but real life and paid for endorsement can sometimes become blurred

Cinema company that banned Lord’s Prayer advert lashed by many tongues

Equality and Human Rights Commission and David Cameron criticise refusal to screen advert but leading adman says all religions should be denied airtime

Digital disconnection is the last act of youthful rebellion

For the smartphone generation, a digital footprint is a cord connecting them to government and ecommerce – many are choosing to cut ties and go offline

BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: how the great entertainer got serious

Chief executive on not paying to push news on Facebook, measuring impact not traffic, and his best content

Could the gig economy transform every industrial process?

Doc Searls and Etsy’s Chad Dickerson speak to Matt McAlister about the internet’s power to turn sellers into buyers and buyers into sellers

Viral video: Star Wars, John Lewis Christmas ad spoofs and David Bowie

Donald Trump dancing, Alanis Morissette updates lyrics for Ironic, climbing the Eiffel Tower and a baby koala

Old habits Die Hard: why Hollywood still loves self-promoting print ads

An ambitious screenwriter’s admirable attempt to get his Die Hard sequel some attention is just the latest in a long line of extraordinary self-funded one-pagers run in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter

Bloomingdale’s apologizes for apparent date rape joke in holiday catalog ad

An advertisement which read ‘Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking’ sparked outrage online, prompting the department store chain’s apology

EE seeks ban on rival 3’s Muppet-style ad campaign

Mobile phone company objects to rival’s advert claiming it is ‘the undisputed ... most reliable network’

Rise in UK web users blocking ads, research finds

More than 1.3m people have adopted technology that blocks online ads since June, with young people more likely to turn off intrusive pop-ups and videos

Facebook ads are about to get even more personal

Site is offering small businesses new location-aware adverts, to let them distinguish between users in different places

For what it’s worth – the future of personalised pricing

As the blurring of the online and offline worlds continues, retailers must be transparent about the rise of targeted pricing

Eureka! From Gone Girl to the selfie stick – how one great idea can change your life

Tinder, Cronuts, emoji, Gogglebox ... one ingenious idea can set you up for life. Here, 11 creators share the story of their success

Newspapers go on the hunt for a safe place to pay

The New York Times is going all-out for new subscribers as print ads fall away. It’s a costly bet, but some answer has to be found to the revenues conundrum

Sun website to scrap paywall

Publisher News UK set to make U-turn and offer its content for free from 30 November in bid to compete with rivals such as Mail Online