product placement

The cable network has a novel liquor-store marketing campaign tied to Canadian Club whiskey for its Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire. Some critics fear it may have an influence on an unintended audience: children and young adults.

Have you ever wondered if that blogger is really a flogger pushing a product or service just a little too hard? Starting December 1, bloggers promoting any kind of stuff from a company must admit if they got cash or gifts to do so. This means blogging will be goverment-regulated for the first...

Bless their hearts, Holli and Steve from Saginaw, Michigan: the newlyweds who starred in last night's premiere of TNT's "Wedding Day." (Produced by Mark Burnett, the show is basically "Extreme Home Makeover" for nuptials.) I can guarantee you that, despite a wedding that featured 500 pounds of bulk...

With a new sponsorship deal between MSNBC's Morning Joe and Starbucks (SBUX), NBC News has become the first network news operation to weave endorsement of an advertiser into the fabric of its programming. In exchange for what The New York Times reports to be more than $10 million, Joe Scarborough...