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Big fashion brands including Barneys New York, Gap, and Coach are collaborating with bloggers to create new and controversial forms of advertising for a more social age.

The social networking giant has launched "Universities on Facebook," while partnering with 10 retailers to kick off the initiative.

Social media is becoming an even more integral part of the marketing landscape. According to a June 2010 survey by King Fish Media, HubSpot and Junta42, 72% of US companies said they had a social media strategy.

Two parents claim their respective adolescent children are being exploited for commercial purposes whenever they see a friend has "Liked" a Facebook.com ad.

According to a new forecast from Borrell Associates, online advertising will continue to grow faster than advertising as a whole, with the fastest-growing segment of online advertising being local online, anything targeted and everything involving social media.

Attempts to block Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg the way one would block other Facebook users result in an error message.

A new campaign for the Honda CR-Z tries to break through the ad clutter, the struggling economy and the generally unexciting image of hybrid cars to reach men ages 25 to 35.

Three-quarters of companies currently have a social media marketing strategy, according to a new study from King Fish Media, Hubspot and Junta 42.

Some "haul" videos, in which teenage girls share their shopping results, draw more than 75 million views, and retailers are beginning to take notice.