After starting with business-to-business direct mail, Genetic Savings & Clone dropped its first direct mailing to consumers last month. The effort already has produced many inquiries and the sale of one of its $32,000 cat clones.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a Federal Communications Commission rule designed to limit people from sending copies of digital television programs over the Internet.

In order to build readers' confidence, an internal committee at The New York Times has recommended taking a variety of steps, including having senior editors write more regularly about the workings of the paper, tracking errors in a systematic way and responding more assertively to the paper's critics.

Madison Avenue was warned yesterday that it risked being marginalized by profound changes in technology and demographics that are fundamentally changing the ways products are sold to consumers. The warning came from speakers at the opening session here of the 2005 management conference of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.

A reporter for USA Today resigned Thursday after an internal investigation found that he used without attribution quotations that had appeared last year in another newspaper, USA Today said.

Some gasped, some laughed and some started salivating as Anne Belec, president-CEO of Volvo Cars of North America, made a very public plea for new ideas to the audience at the American Association of Advertising Agencies Management Conference.

CBS is developing a reality series to be hosted by "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Jon Lovitz, who currently has a guest-starring role as a billionaire on NBC's "Las Vegas."

Representatives of the comedian Dave Chappelle yesterday denied rumors that drugs were involved in the suspension of production of his acclaimed sketch comedy show, "Chappelle's Show."

Omnicom Group's TBWA Worldwide today announced a restructuring of its West Coast operations, establishing a new entity called TBWA/California and developing a "media arts" initiative.

Nike's decision to stop selling its sneakers and clothes at Sears is shining a spotlight on the impact retail environments have on marketers' brands. Though the companies themselves have said little about the move, retail analysts quickly pronounced it a result of the Kmart Holding Corporation's $12 billion acquisition of Sears, Roebuck & Company in March.