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Spending on Oscar ads is up

March 02, 2018

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Companies have less leeway in missteps on race

January 09, 2018

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Tech companies head to Capitol Hill over political ads

By Kai Ryssdal, Molly Wood, and Robert Garrova

October 19, 2017

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, looks on as Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia introduces the Honest Ads Act on Capitol Hill on Oct. 19. The legislation is designed to increase the transparency of political ads on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Is Congress ready to regulate Facebook and Google?

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Do human billboards actually bring in customers?

By Janet Nguyen

August 25, 2017

Oshay Henderson, a "spinstructor" with Aarow Sign Spinners in North Hollywood Park in California. — Janet Nguyen/Marketplace

We look at why companies continue to invest in them.

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Google tries to connect the dots between online ads and offline buys

By Reema Khrais

May 24, 2017

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Here’s the message brands are sending Fox and customers

By Adriene Hill

April 04, 2017

Advertisers have started pulling their ads from Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," hosted by Bill O'Reilly. — Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images

Consumers want their brands to take an authentic stand and do right by society.

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Companies are pulling ads from YouTube to protect their brands

By Adriene Hill

March 23, 2017

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Christmas gifts were all about grown-ups, in post-war America

By Daisy Palacios

December 16, 2016

A holiday advertisement for Westinghouse, 1950s. Reproduced with permission. — CBS Corporation

Sarah Archer explores Christmas gift giving in post-war America in her book, "Midcentury Christmas."

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Big Soda and the rise of product placement

By Kai Ryssdal and Adhiti Bandlamudi

November 21, 2016

A general view of a new Coca-Cola aluminum bottle during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2009 at Bryant Park on February 16, 2009 in New York City. — Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for The Coca Cola Company

Companies like Coca Cola and Pepsi transformed product placement into an art, rather than just an incidental opportunity for advertising.

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