Brands to Watch: Playboy, Amazon, NFL and more

Amazon's one-day deal with LivingSocial blows Gap's Groupon deal out of the water.

AOL (whose content strategy is profiled in this week's New Yorker) launches iPad-exclusive Editions digital magazine.

Esquire promotion with struggling Barnes & Noble brings model Brooklyn Decker virtually (via an iPhone app) to stores.

Goldman Sachs quarterly profit drops 53%.

Jimmy Choo to launch men's line (online only) in July.

McDonald's signs on as lead sponsor of the NHL.

Michael Jackson to be immortalized as French perfume.

MTV's Skins debut is a TV and Twitter hit.

NFL players take to Twitter to fight lockout.

Playboy skirts Apple's iPad porn ban with iPad-compatible subscription service.