Microsoft will invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook--a deal that values the hot social network at a staggering $15 billion. Beating out Google on Wednesday, Microsoft also won exclusive global rights to sell third-party banner ads on Facebook. ...Read the whole story
Google is working on a "fully functional marketing dashboard" that will integrate data from advertisers' search, display and offline marketing efforts, analysts were told on Wednesday. ...Read the whole story
WPP is getting additional new media assets with the acquisition of Vancouver-based interactive shop Blast Radius. The agency will be aligned with Wunderman after the deal closes. ...Read the whole story
It looks like NBC managed to make a good thing better when it attached a stylized social network to its popular series "The Office." ...Read the whole story
The U.S. mobile video audience has grown by more than one-third this year to eight million, according to a new study by mobile market research firm MMetrics. With 6.8 million viewers, viral clips have proven to be the most popular category of mobile video. ...Read the whole story
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