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Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission chair Edith Ramirez asking her to investigate cross-device tracking being done by companies like Drawbridge, Flurry and InMobi. Cross-device tracking was the subject of a New York Times editorial Wednesday that asked Congress to create legislation covering how companies can use consumer data. I'm sure they'll get right on it.
Papa John's named former Arby's executive Bob Kraut to its chief marketing officer post. Kraut replaces Andrew Varga, who left the pizza chain earlier this year to become president at Zimmerman
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Online streaming television service Aereo continues its court-room roll. A Massachusetts federal court denied Hearst and its broadcast TV station WCVB a preliminary injunction against Aereo in a decision dated Tuesday.
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Forbes said 20% of its advertising revenues now come from ad buys that feature its BrandVoice sponsored content units.
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