Myspace: Revenues and audience looking up, apparently

News Corp is painting an optimistic picture of Myspace's future in its sales blurb for the ailing social network. By Jemima Kiss

Beatty’s brand plan – we give you the audience, now give us your adverts

Associated Newspapers' m-d, Kevin Beatty, offers a vision of the digital future

Privacy watchdogs fear big corporations can violate UK internet users' rights with impunity. By Josh Halliday

Deal worth $30m for online advertising services company expected to add revenues of $34m. By Mark Sweney

Prime advertising space for London 2012 Olympics being auctioned online, with Games sponsors making the first bids. By Mark Sweney

Arwa Mahdawi: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold's attack on the ubiquity of product placement could be seen as a win for the advertising industry

Media Monkey: The pop duo's Eurovision entry will also feature in a Leonardo DiCaprio car ad

27.5% year-on-year surge in UK online display market attributed to Facebook as advertisers climb on social media bandwagon. By Mark Sweney

Independent News & Media's Gavin O'Reilly plans to expand internet business as recessionary pressures depress ad market. By Lisa O'Carroll

Peter Bradshaw: Why BT's ad campaign is the most annoying wedding you'll hear about all year

That Emily Blunt's going to get a scraped knee, worries Sam Leith

Stuart Heritage: The best thing about Limitless may be its pill-pushing ad campaign on the tube. If only other films had been as clever

French ad group's head will spend £643m war chest on acquiring companies offering digital and social-based services. By Mark Sweney

Regional publisher reports 157% increase in profits despite falling revenue

James Harkin: Subculture emerged as a reaction to the mainstream – but from film to smoothies it's now its main target