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Kristen Stewart beat out some of Tinseltown's most revered stars to earn the title of The Highest-Paid Actress in Hollywood. Forbes ranked Stewart above the likes of Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron. At only 22, Stewart is already earning $12.5 million per Twilight film.

The world's richest woman is poised to take control of Fairfax Media, one of Australia's oldest and most-respected publishing companies.

Streaming music service Spotify Ltd. launched a mobile radio feature on Tuesday that connects to Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) ubiquitous iPhones and iPads, encroaching on the turf of online radio provider Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P).

Was Mitt Romney out of touch when his Wawa moment lit up the Internet yesterday, or was he the victim of selective editing?

The chief marketing executive at Atlanta-based soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) said he believes online and mobile advertising is an effective driver of sales for the company, even if it can't be quantified with any currently available standard measures.

Scotland's national tourism body, VisitScotland, is thinking Brave, spending $11 million to promote tourism alongside the new Disney Pixar film.

On May 18, Facebook closed its first day as a public company at $38.23, valuing itself around $105 billion. On Tuesday at mid-day, it traded near $31.50. Still, despite the vilification of the IPO, the slumping share price and dozens of class action lawsuits filed in federal courts in New York and California, Facebook, a damaged brand, has followed the advice of New York image guru Clive Chajet who said it should ignore the press and stick to its knitting.

Former Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian was disqualified from the Queen's Club final after kicking an advertising board, which subsequently struck and injured line judge Andrew McDougall.

It's been overlooked -- it's received very little coverage by the popular press -- but it's worth repeating: one benefit of the U.S. health care reform legislation will be: enhanced employee mobility.

As the U.S. Senate grapples with how to allocate about $100 billion a year for the next decade on food policy, one subsection of the farm bill is under attack, namely, the $200 million U.S. taxpayers spend every year to subsidize the marketing of well-established brands found in virtually every American pantry.

-YouTube is exploring selling subscriptions to access to some of its video offerings, potentially providing a way for certain cable channels to be available outside the traditional bundles offered by cable network providers, said YouTube boss Salar Kamangar.

Fear of an impending fiscal cliff and uncertainty about November's presidential elections has led to a 0.8 percent projected dampening of marketing spending in 2012, according to a Thursday report from Pivotal Research Group.

Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the U.S., has decided to embrace digital distribution. On Wednesday, Time Inc. announced that it will make all of its magazines available over the Newsstand application built by Apple, which exists on its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices.

Could reality television not be as real as we believe? Bobi Jensen, who was a participant on HGTV's House Hunters, said the show was fake, claiming producers altered her actual experience while searching for a home.

Ever since the game?s March release, diehard ?Mass Effect 3? players have been tirelessly advocating for a change in the game?s controversial ending. Numerous movements have been implemented to grasp the attention of developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, prompting an investigation into whether or not the companies are guilty of false advertising.

Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) and CNBC of Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) said Wednesday they would partner to share content and create Web videos.

Sales of the Chevrolet Volt Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (HEV) have experienced a resurgence in California following tweaks that now allow the car from General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) to qualify for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access.

Rihanna is firing back after a British tabloid claimed a sexy Armani ad purportedly showing RiRi's famous butt is not of the singer's but that of Irish model Jahnassa Aicken.

Google was targeted for unethical and anti-competitive business practices once again when a non-profit organization working on public interest issues filed a complaint against the search engine giant with the anti-trust body, Competition Commission of India (CCI), Friday. This comes at a time when Google India is already facing a formal probe on a similar complaint filed by an Indian matrimonial site.

Studies show insect foggers don't work on bedbugs, but regulators do not scrutinize efficacy claims for bedbug products with the same rigor that they apply to other insecticides.

Nevada billionaire Sheldon Adelson helped shape the Republican presidential primary by pouring millions into a Super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich. Now he's poised to transfer his largesse to Mitt Romney.