Advertising Stories for 2012

Empty Times Square Building Generates $23 Million a Year From Digital Ads 227
Rivalry Building Between Amazon and Google 97
How Much Are You Worth To an Online Lead-Gen Site? 83
Instagram Wants To Sell Users' Photos Without Notice 313
Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today 383
How Websites Know Your Email Address the First Time You Visit 184
Washington Post To Go Paywall, Along With Buffett-Owned Local Papers 163
Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next 132
FTC Bars Ad Firm From Snooping Browser History 21
Verizon Patents Eavesdropping Using Your TV For Ad Targeting 181
Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? 686
AdTrap Aims To Block All Internet Advertising In Hardware 295
Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands — Starting With Mine 299
Apple Stops Hiding Samsung Apology On Its UK Site 189
Microsoft's Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Ads 635
Apple Hides Samsung Apology So It Can't Be Seen Without Scrolling 743
UK Court of Appeal Reprimands Apple Over Mandated Samsung Statement 241
EFF Wants Ubuntu To Disable Online Search By Default 124
What an Anti-Google Antitrust Case By the FTC May Look Like 167
Google Threatens French Media Ban 419
In UK, Apple Must Run Ad Apologizing to Samsung 190
An Overview of the Do Not Track Debate 108
Facebook Tests 'Want' Button To Hoard User Data, Save Its Stock Price 98
Can Google Base Ads On E-mails Sent To Gmail Accounts? 171
Television Network Embeds Android Device In Magazine Ads 115
Advertisers Blast Microsoft Over IE Default Privacy Settings 558
Google Blocks Author's Ads For Offering Torrent Of His Own Book 130
Privacy Watchdogs Want Facebook, Datalogix Deal Probed 8
Advertisers Never Intended To Honor DNT 308
Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed 646
The Case For Targeted Ads 290
Chrome To Get 'Do Not Track' 111
No Opt-Out For Ads On New Kindle Fires 383
Nokia Apologizes For Misleading Lumia 920 Ad 233
Inside the Business of Online Reviews For Hire 121
Microsoft Unveils First New Company Logo In 25 Years 378
Judge Rejects Settlement In Facebook Sponsored Stories Case 47
The Olympic Live Stream: Observations, Recommendations, Predictions 82
BitTorrent Tries To Appease Users By Making Torrent Ads Optional 215
uTorrent Adds "Featured Torrents" Ads — With No Opt Out (Yet) 399
Telco Company Claims Freedom of Speech Includes Misleading Ads 244
The Underground Economy of Social Networks 84
Australian Agency Rules Facebook Pages Responsible For Comments 141
Critics Blast Apple's Cheesy New Ad Campaign 244
The Decline of Google's (and Everybody's) Ad Business 313
Australian Sex Party May Sue Google Over Ad Refusal 183
It Costs $450 In Marketing To Make Someone Buy a $49 Nokia Lumia 363
Facebook "Like" System Devalued By Fake Users 99
The Ugly, Profitable Details About Xbox Live Advertising 204
Google Proposes Fighting Piracy By Blocking Ad Money 202
Microsoft Writes Off $6.2 Billion From aQuantive Acquisition 115
Targeted TV Ads: Silver Bullet Or Privacy Nightmare? 96
Facebook Settles 'Sponsored Stories' Suit For $10M To Charity 34
Skype To Feature Giant Ads 178
Drug Company Disguised Advertising As Science 172
The Billions In Mobile Ad Money Nobody Can Grab 203
Kinect: You Are the Controlled 156
In Australia, Apple Fined $2.5 Million For '4G' Advertising Claims 154
Dark Days Ahead For Facebook and Google? 215
Fox Sues Dish Over "Auto Hop" Ad-Skipping Feature 578
The Price of Military Tech Assistance In Movies 212
EU Offers Google Chance To Settle Prior To Anti-Trust Enquiry 119
General Motors: "Facebook Ads Aren't Worth It" 400
Dish Network Announces Prime Time TV With No Ads 283
FCC To Require TV Stations To Post Rates For Campaign Ads 106
Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS 255
Some Hotspot Operators Secretly Intercept, Insert Ads In Web Pages 273
Misleading Ads: ACCC Wins Appeal Against Google 61
Google Glasses Announced 249
Apple May Need To Rethink 4G Claims (and Pay Refunds) In More Countries 105
Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Apple Over iPad Marketing 193
Why Gay Men Are Worth So Much To Facebook 270
Mobile Ads May Serve As a Malware Conduit 79
Free Apps Eat Your Smartphone Battery 214
James Whittaker: Focus on Ads and 'Social' Destroying Google 236
Marketing Agency Uses Homeless As Wi-Fi Hotspots 267
Santorum Defends Robocalls To Democrats 290
Advertisers Co-Opting The Lorax With Half-Truths About Conservation 265
Microsoft's Anti-Google Video Campaign 304
Google Accused of Bypassing Safari's Privacy Controls 202
Will "Do Not Track" Kill the Free Internet? 260
Famous For Fifteen People: Is Everyone a 'Facebook Celebrity'? 95
Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over Campaign Ad 242
Top Google Executives Approved Illegal Drug Ads 287
Google Updates Algorithm To Punish Websites With Excessive Ads 321
Facebook Adds Ads To News Feed 130
Google Punishing Chrome Results For 60 Days 173