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Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable television company, reported Wednesday a 5 percent profit increase in the third quarter, but fell short of Wall Street's earnings estimate by 6 cents per diluted share, its first miss since July 2008.

One of the largest U.S. precious metals dealers, which has used advertising by such conservative figures as Glenn Beck and Mike Huckabee, vowed Wednesday to fight bait-and-switch charges brought by Santa Monica, Calif.

Yahoo buys Interlick, an online ad technology company, while searching for a new CEO.

A look at the unsecured debts left behind in the wake of MF Global's bankruptcy show a surprising number of trade credit was owed to media companies.

Formula One and India have the makings of a long and happy relationship after an inaugural grand prix that exceeded expectations.

Soft-drink and soda companies are targeting children and teens in the United States more than ever with marketing and advertisements across various platforms, according to a study released Monday.

Mark Zuckerberg says he would have rather stayed in Boston than moved to Silicon Valley. Where else should he have gone?

Chinese internet portal Sohu.com Inc's third-quarter profit rose 19 percent, helped mainly by higher revenue from its online advertising and online gaming businesses

WPP LLC, the world's largest advertising company, sees China overtaking Britain as its second-biggest market in two to four years, its CEO said Sunday.

WPP Llc , the world's largest advertising company, sees China overtaking Britain as its second biggest market in two to four years, its chief executive said on Sunday.

The crowded advertising technology sector may be about to shake out some losers.

Google TV takes another step in unifying all types of media.

More American companies are bending to shareholder pressure to reveal their spending to sway political campaigns despite court decisions allowing unfettered corporate cash in elections, according to a study released on Friday.

Think the recession was bad? Just wait until Hollywood finishes going digital.

While Herman Cain's recent campaign ad featuring his cigarette-smoking chief of staff has become a viral sensation, the GOP presidential hopeful has made some equally bizarre advertisements in the past.

Firefox signed a partnership with Microsoft to release a version of its Web browser with Bing as the default search engine. Is Google in trouble?

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Logitech International, Akamai Technologies, Citrix Systems, Wilshire Bancorp, and Acme Packet. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: TriQuint Semiconductor, AXT, Plexus, 21Vianet Group, and FBR.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Akamai Technologies, SonoSite, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Web.com Group, and InterDigital. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: TriQuint Semiconductor, Electro Scientific Industries, AXT, LHC Group, and Ancestry.com.

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is thumbing his nose at Wall Street again and some investors don't like it.

Unthink, which launched a beta version of its web site yesterday, bills itself as everything Facebook is not: it won't make deals with ad companies, it won't invade your privacy, and it will let you dictate terms of use. The site is swamped with users responding to Unthink's message of social media revolution, but will it garner enough followers to really challenge Facebook?

Director Steve McQueen's Shame, a no-holds-barred movie about a man in the grip of sexual addiction, has officially received an NC-17 rating.