Q&As

Alcohol industry watchdog Marin Institute is bashing the presence of beer
ads in the Super Bowl.

Godiva Chocolatier is out with a Valentine’s sweepstakes offering the chance to win a chocolate-filled weekend getaway.

Yahoo’s fourth-quarter net income fell from $269 million a year ago to $206 million during the quarter just ended, while its revenue rose from $1.7 billion to $1.83 billion during the same period.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed consent decree with Voice-Mail Broadcasting Corp. and its owner, Jesse Crowe. The FTC charged that Voice-Mail violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) by making more than 46 million automated calls that featured prerecorded messages.

Visit London is bringing a little bit of London to Manhattan this week through the creation of ice sculptures in the form of iconic London landmarks.

A Gap contest to find fresh young faces to be featured in in-store ads has drawn 500,000 votes and four winners.

Dave Linhardt sure is spending a lot of time with lawyers these days.

The CEO of e-mail marketing firm e360 Insight who has sued Spamhaus, is suing Comcast, and who is being sued by a lawyer in Ohio and an anti-spammer in California, has now filed suit against some anti-spammers on discussion group Nanae

Harte-Hanks Inc. has acquired Mason Zimbler Ltd., a digital marketing agency based in the United Kingdom. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

One of the biggest DM deals of 2007 hit a significant, if not fatal, roadblock when a group led by The Blackstone Group had serious second thoughts about its acquisition of Alliance Data Systems Corp.

The U.S. Postal Service said Monday it has decided to offer its Premium Forwarding Service permanently after testing it
as an experimental product since Aug. 2005.