On the same day AstraZeneca avoided a Food and Drug Administration ban on Crestor, the pharmaceutical company received a warning letter from the agency asking that it cease advertising on the cholesterol-fighting drug because it has made "false or misleading claims regarding the superiority of Crestor" in a series of direct-to-consumer ads.

Grammy-winning singer and shampoo pitchwoman Ashanti has no problem mixing pop music with product placement. In the video for her single, Only U, the performer is seen in the shower while Herbal Essences hair products are prominently displayed behind her. Change the channel and you might find a Herbal Essences commercial that features Ashanti's song.

Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. on Tuesday said it would defend its advertising account with General Motors Corp., which has put its $2.8 billion U.S. ad-buying business up for review.

It is clear within the first minutes of an interview with Robert A. Iger that he is going to be a different kind of chief executive for the Walt Disney Company. One contrast between Mr. Eisner and Mr. Iger is clear: Where Mr. Eisner's remarks were often off the cuff, Mr. Iger is cool and circumspect, a deft politician who deflects potentially uncomfortable questions.

Interpublic Group of Cos.' media buying and planning firm Universal McCann is searching for a new leader after moving current CEO Robin Kent into a role working on "special Interpublic media projects," according to the company.

Condom marketer Church & Dwight has awarded Publicis Groupe's Kaplan Thaler Group, New York, creative advertising duties for its Trojan condom brands following a review, according to an executive familiar with the matter. The work was previously handled in-house.

Federal regulators on Monday ruled indecency laws were not violated when actress Nicollette Sheridan dropped a towel and jumped, apparently naked, into football player Terrell Owens' arms on ABC's Monday Night Football Nov. 15 broadcast.

You cannot stop them, and you can't really hope to contain them, so you might as well just complain about them. They're ads. And TiVo as you might, you can't avoid them. On passing buses, grocery store floors and the back of receipts, ads call out to us in arenas where we aren't trained to expect them.

Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo is in "advanced talks" with cable giant Comcast to broker a partnership that could dramatically expand its audience, according to a published report.

The Walt Disney Company announced Sunday that its president, Robert A. Iger, who began his career as a studio supervisor 30 years ago at ABC, will succeed Michael D. Eisner as chief executive, ending Mr. Eisner's storied but tumultuous two-decade reign a year earlier than expected.