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Detroit-based agency George P. Johnson builds multi-platform chops.

Move over, @therealbritney: in the world of cewebrity (web-based fame), a robot's star is rising. Real-life celebrity Britney Spears - who's just joined Twitter as "therealbritney" - is a relative...

Barack Obama is more associated with brands BMW, Target, Google and Samuel Adams, while John McCain brings to mind Ford, Wal-Mart , AOL and Budweiser, according to the 2008 Presidential ImagePower...

craigslist has agreed to crack down on listings by prostitutes and businesses peddling "erotic services" (e.g., massage, boudoir photo services). The discussion began earlier in the year, when the...

Apple's iPhone handset is preferred by 10.7% of users of Greystripe's ad-supported mobile gamers network. Downloadable games "21 Pro Blackjack," "Cookie Bonus Solitaire" and "Origami Daisy" are the...

Stateless Systems, the developers of online coupon site RetailMeNot, launched BeatMyPrice.com. The premise is simple: users enter the item they want to buy, the URL where they saw the item for sale,...

Mothers who read and contribute to blogs are more active online, more receptive to online marketing and more likely to be involved in social networking than the rest of their US mothering peers,...

Lyris expands marketing team with two new hires; AdMeld names former FIM exec to top spot; Amy Auerbach joins Initiative.

System allows advertisers to create display ads from content on their own Web sites in a manner similar to Yahoo Smart Ads.

Ad Networks and Analytics: Dapper launched MashupAds, a means to build customizable display ads on the fly. Terra launched EZTargetMedia, a Latin audience-oriented ad network for the US and Latin...