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Chevy's Super Bowl ad poking fun at Ford's pickups has turned into an all-out brawl in Detroit. Has Ford just lost its sense of humor, or is there more at stake here than meets the eye? Actually, there's a lot more -- and some of it's great news.

Between 2002 and 2011, companies spent a whopping $2.5 billion on Super Bowl advertising; this year, a 30-second commercial cost an average of $3.5 million. But what do you get for all that cash. In the case of these eight major advertisers, not as much as they'd hoped.

Hershey has been disturbingly lax in addressing abusive child labor practices in the Africa's cocoa industry, and recently, over 100,000 consumers let the company know they're not pleased. Now the chocolatier is changing its ways -- just in time.

Call it the "second-screen" Super Bowl. About two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners use their gadgets to do things like text or post on Twitter while watching TV, according to research firm Nielsen. So, for Sunday's game, companies from Coke to Chevy are trying to reach fans on all the "second screens" they have.

News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox Broadcasting has sold more than 90% of its Superbowl advertising time, almost five months ahead of the event. The broadcaster is charging an average of about $3 million for a 30-second ad, Reuters reported without naming its sources. Sponsored Links The strong sales...

The Super Bowl is the only football game many people watch, and they don't gather to watch sweaty bodies collide; they are there to watch the commercials. And while the merchants pay millions of dollars for a minute of your time, it's not coming out of your pocket, right? Wrong. If you bought one...

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Denny's will announce a free breakfast giveaway during a Superbowl commercial just like it did last year. Folks will be able to get a free Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, two days after the big game. "We are leveraging the power of the Super Bowl...

Calling CBS' decision to accept an advocacy ad to air in the Super Bowl "outrageous," women's groups are urging the network to pull a Focus on the Family commercial and asking like-minded people to sign a petition. The Women's Media Center, a non-profit group that was founded in 2005 by Jane...

It's well known that the Super Bowl isn't cheap, even with this year's price decline for a 30-second spot. But even at prices as low as $2.5 million -- compared with 2009's record $3 million price tag -- corporations have been debating whether the purchase pays off with higher sales and brand...