Wal-Mart CEO Doesn’t Like Advertising, Prom Queen Hits MySpace

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– Wal-Mart CEO: I’m not a big fan of marketing. Oops, I meant advertising.

– It seems Microsoft might scoop up DoubleClick for a questionable $2 billion.

– More contextual foolishness. In a Herald Sun article about two Sudanese women getting stoned to death, an ad with a man and his son throwing stones appears. Don’t you love the intelligence of computers?

– Michael Eisner has hooked up with MySpace which will broadcast his online series Prom Queen beginning April 2. Eighty ninety-second episodes will be released. Check out the teaser here.

– Musician Nathan Bennett has, in one day, written a song and created a video called On MySpace which thanks listeners for finding him on MySpace. He hopes to use it to promote himself.

– Even prostitutes advertise.

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