Burger King is targeting
health-conscious parents with a marketing and promotional campaign touting a more
nutritious children's meal, which will go on sale July 7. An in-restaurant merchandising
and advertising campaign, which will feature “Little King,” said to be the son
of Burger King's mascot, will
follow the launch. The fast food giant's new meal is
part of its “BK Positive Steps Nutrition Program and contains only 350
total calories, 25% of calories from fat, and 9% from saturated fat.
Also:
Starbucks discloses
that it will begin to close 600 stores nationwide at the end of this month.
Hearst Magazines tells staffers
that it will shut down the weekly Quick & Simple magazine after its July 29
issue, ending a three-year run.
Bloggers opposing Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) say
they are the victims of a campaign by Obama supporters who flagged their BlogSpot
portals as spam distributors, resulting in the temporary shut-down of the
blogs.
AT&T said it will sell
the iPhone 3G to customers who don't sign up for a two-year contact, but those
consumers will
pay an additional $400 for the phone.