2 posts and columns on ad space

Microsoft Takes Another Stab at Selling Its Own Ads–By Getting Someone Else to Do It

in Media on January 31, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Microsoft starts up its own “real time” advertising exchange, just like Google has. But instead of running it itself, Redmond is handing the work to AppNexus.

The New York Times Explains How It Got Hacked: It Sold an Ad to a Hacker

in Media on September 14, 2009 at 3:34 pm PT

How did the New York Times end up serving a fake–and potentially dangerous–ad from its NYTimes.com site over the weekend? It got paid to do it by someone masquerading as a legitimate ad buyer.
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