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Texas Town Renamed 'DISH' As Part of Corporate Marketing Deal With Satellite TV Company

Did cronies of Mouafac Harb, the executive who runs America's Arabic-language networks, get sweetheart contracts?

The guild representing Hollywood writers has disclosed that more than 75 percent of the scribes on TV reality shows have signed cards asking to be represented by the union.

The Christian right has launched a series of boycotts and pressure campaigns aimed at corporate America -- and at its sponsorship of entertainment, programs and activities they don't like.

Telephone and cable
companies want to dominate Internet connections to the home. If they
get state legislatures to help them block competition, like they just
did in Pennsylvania, these companies would no longer have an important
incentive to build their networks to connect the underserved.

Help support community wireless networks by taking action in your state. Find your state below and take action now!

Until now, ads have appeared occasionally and haphazardly in video games. But a new advertising agency hopes to bring a more aggressive marketing approach to interactive media. The aim is to put up billboards and make product placements for mainstream advertisers in the cyberworlds of sports, shooting and strategy games.

PepsiCo, one of the world's largest soft-drink makers, has introduced voluntary restrictions on its advertising to children, in response to rising levels of obesity in the US and western Europe.