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Groupon Scrambles to Answer Tibet Ad Criticism

There's an irony in the fact that Groupon, a company that grew out of a platform for social causes, is accused now of crass insensitivity to social causes.The hot daily-deals…

February 7, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

Brown's Web Woes

The Daily Beast’s execs are stars of the magazine world, but do they know what they’re doing online?The site, which merged with Newsweek last November, continues to ignite buzz with…

February 6, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

Groupon's Super Bowl Gamble

Groupon isn’t scared of going big. The Chicago-based daily deals juggernaut spurned Google’s $6 billion acquisition offer last month and closed nearly $1 billion in funding. Now it’s kicking off…

January 30, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

A $15K Super Bowl Play

Unlike many Super Bowl marketers, Richard Belfry isn’t worried about his investment in the game. That’s because Fox rejected his ad for JesusHatesObama.com, which sells satirical T-shirts and novelty items…

January 30, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

Dirty Dancing: Not in the Corner on Facebook

Old movies don’t die, they live on as Facebook pages. Lionsgate is finding second life in some back titles, showing that a couple decades on, movies like Dirty Dancing still…

December 23, 2010, 12:00 AM EST

Doritos Wins Battle of SB Buzz

From tweets to texts, consumers weighed in on which Super Bowl ads were the best, with Doritos coming out on top in several measures. The flood of seat-of-the-pants opinions aired via…

February 8, 2010, 12:00 AM EST

Spot Runner Rolls Out TV Platform

Spot Runner is unveiling its bid to bring greater efficiency to the TV ad buying process. The Malibu Media Platform, under development for two years, promises to automate many of the…

November 19, 2009, 12:00 AM EST

MTV Casts Verizon in 'Valemont'

NEW YORK MTV's newest drama boasts the star power of Wanted actress Kristen Hager and Six Feet Under star Eric Balfour, along with a less likely leading character: a Verizon…

September 28, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT

HBO, Gawker.com Partner for True Blood Promotion

HBO is hoping to drum up attention for its True Blood series through a partnership with Gawker Media that will see the media company take over content creation for the…

May 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT

Millard Exits MSLO for Media Link

NEW YORK Wenda Harris Millard has left Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to join Media Link. Millard (pictured) served as co-CEO of MSLO for nearly a year after joining the company as…

April 21, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT

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