The battle for Newsday continues, but Rupert Murdoch appears confident that News Corporation will win the bid for the Long Island newspaper, despite Cablevision's recent $650 million bid.

Say "I Love New York," and images of the Statute of Liberty, corner hot dog stands, and tourists packed in mid-town immediately come to mind. Well, not for long.Today, Gov. David Paterson (D-NY) and state officials unveiled a plan to expand that vision with a new ad and marketing campaign to drive tourism throughout New York state, reports the New York Times.

A PR campaign designed by students at Hunter College in New York, and sponsored by the Coach fashion label, is coming under criticism for promoting a fake persona complete with a Facebook profile and blog, according to AdWeek.

Federal regulators said this week they're working to reform the credit card industry, including a seven-point plan to cut back on deceptive practices by credit card companies.

LG Electronics' $100 million marketing and advertising campaign for a new series of flat panel TVs took an unusual turn last night. About 500 people crowded into the Pacific Design Center in Hollywood for what they expected was a screening of a new TV series entitled Scarlet, but Scarlet turned out to be a red back panel TV from LG, the the Wall Street Journal reports.

Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, is backpedaling after a recent photo shoot for Vanity Fair magazine in which the squeaky-clean teen star appeared topless, covered only by a sheet.

Fresh off her Pennsylvania primary win, Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton (D-NY) told morning news shows that "the tide is turning" in her uphill race against Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Earth Day will be celebrated by more than a billion people, some prompted by corporate campaigns backed by communications teams.

An analysis by The New York Times found that the Bush Administration's communications team used a group of "military analysts" that frequently appear as experts on a variety of TV networks to skew the media coverage in its favor post-September 11.

A Texas woman sued video rental company Blockbuster for sharing personal information with Facebook through the company's Beacon marketing program, the Associated Press reported.