Drug industry presses FDA to allow branded ads on Google, Twitter, other Web sites

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Advertising agencies urge Justice Department to approve Yahoo, Microsoft search partnership

Ad agencies urge DOJ to okay Yahoo, Micorosft deal

WASHINGTON — Major advertising and marketing agencies are urging antitrust reviewers to approve a proposed online search partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft.

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Web-monitoring software reads kids’ private messages and sells data to advertisers

Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats

Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children's chat messages — and sell the marketing data gathered.

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Procter & Gamble adds to its sports marketing game with major sponsorship of US Olympic Team

US Olympic team adds big sponsor in P&G

CINCINNATI — Let the games — and the ads — begin.

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YouTube hopes to sell more video makers on the virtues of ads as site strives to make money

YouTube's new sales pitch: join our ad program

SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube hopes to convert more amateur videographers into capitalists as it strives to show more advertising on its Web site and reverse years of uninterrupted losses.

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Google sells radio advertising business as part of plan to shed underperforming operations

Google sells underperforming radio ad business

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. has found a buyer for a radio advertising business it has abandoned as part of efforts to cut costs and jettison underperforming operations.

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Forget skipping commercials: Marketers finding new ways to get ads in front of TV viewers

More ads coming to TV _ even to one-time havens

PHILADELPHIA — Coming soon to your TV: More advertising, in places you might not expect.

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Microsoft and Yahoo forge search partnership and tell Google: Bing it on

Microsoft, Yahoo team up to ding Google with Bing

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google Inc.

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A chronology of events leading to Microsoft and Yahoo’s Web advertising deal

Timeline: Microsoft, Yahoo's road to partnership

A chronology of key events leading to Microsoft Corp.'s deal with rival Yahoo Inc.:

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With fewer ads, more say for lower-rung workers, AOL tries to create a startup feel

AOL tries to recapture that startup feeling

NEW YORK — It might seem an odd move for a company that relies on money from advertising. Yet AOL is reducing the number of ads it shows on its home page and some other Web sites it runs.

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