Users Gain Ability to Share their Actions from 44 Participating Sites with their Friends on Facebook

Leading Brands Seek Trusted Referrals on Facebook Through New Ad System.

Sixty Leading Consumer and Internet Brands Announce Participation in New Facebook Ad System

Facebook and Microsoft Corp. today announced that the two companies would expand their advertising partnership and that Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation.

The new AT&T Advertising & Publishing directories — now called AT&T Real Yellow Pages and AT&T Real White Pages — are headed your way. The books will serve residences, businesses and government offices in San Antonio and nearby communities.

Italy's advertising watchdog has banned a controversial advertising campaign showing a naked anorexic young woman.

Some health experts are calling for more regulation of advertising in children's magazines after a study found a high number of ads for junk food.

Iowa Remains Focus for Local Ads. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Tight Race for Most Visitors to Campaign Web Sites. Mit Romney leads in advertising campaign.

Celebrated musician Harry Connick, Jr. and triathlete Sarah Reinertsen will appear in the most recent installments of the Lincoln ‘Dreams’ advertising campaign, with the first of the two ads debuting this weekend during NBC’s NFL broadcast.

When the all-new 2008 Chevy Malibu begins rolling into dealer showrooms on Nov. 1, Americans should already be aware that Chevy is back in the car business with a serious competitor in the mid-size segment, thanks to a massive advertising and promotional campaign that kicks off Oct. 17.

Toshiba Corporation expects to reach new heights in the fast growing Russian market with an advertising campaign that will feature Yelena Isinbayeva, one of the world's most famous athletes. In a series of ads that will run from October onwards, Ms. Isinbayeva, the world record holder in the pole vault, will promote Toshiba's entire Russian product line-up, starting with PCs and smartphones.

Allowing the drug industry to supply information on prescription medicines direct to patients in Europe will have serious implications for public health, warn experts in this week's BMJ.