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BzzAgent to be Acquired by Brand Marketer dunnhumby

Boston - BzzAgent, a provider of word-of-mouth marketing services, has agreed to be acquired by dunnhumby, a London-based provider of brand marketing services for...

Daylong Amazon Promotion Prices Lady Gaga Album at 99 Cents

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has aggressively priced Lady Gaga's new album "Born This Way" at just 99 cents, during a day-long promotion on Monday...

Senate Bill Would Update 1986 Digital Privacy Law

Washington - A new bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday aims to beef up digital privacy law, by requiring law enforcement to obtain...

Barnes & Noble Makes Play for Dropped Amazon Affiliates

New York - Bookseller Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) on Monday sent an open letter to members of rival Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) affiliate program, inviting any dropped...

Radiohead Ditch Pay-What-You-Want, Set Prices on New Album

London - Radiohead, the band that let fans choose what they would pay to download its last album, "In Rainbows," has this time around...

USA Today Launches Microsoft Mobile Tags in Newspaper

McLean, Va. - USA Today said on Thursday it will begin incorporating Microsoft tags in each section of its daily paper, Readers will be able to...

Batch of 792 Songs From SXSW Artists Up on BitTorrent

Austin, Texas - The first batch of free tracks from artists set to appear at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin has...

Groupon Pulls Controversial Ads; Will Air "Less Polarizing" Spots

Chicago - Group buying service Groupon said on Friday it will pull a series of controversial television ads, including a spot referencing the turmoil in Tibet...

Vocus Acquires Twitter Branding Firm Engine 140

Lanham, Md. - Vocus, a developer of web-based marketing and PR software, said it has acquired San Francisco Engine 140, a developer of software designed to...

American Express iTunes Promotion Offers 5 Free Songs

Los Angeles - American Express has launched a promotion aimed at getting users of Apple's iTunes Store to start paying for their purchases using AMEX cards....