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A new service allows TiVo subscribers to order food through their set-top boxes.
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MEDIA
The cable network's witty promos have a great reputation, especially among athletes. >>
THE SUNDAY CONVERSATION
The entrepreneurial family's latest venture offers TV viewers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to keep NBA fans happy at Sacramento Kings games. >>
MEDIA
The best of the 'SportsCenter' commercials. >>
INTERNET
YouTube unveils an auction-based advertising system, similar to the one Google pioneered, that promotes sponsored video clips alongside regular search-engine results. >>
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless software promises to help mobile phone users navigate the parks and make the most of their visits. But there are privacy implications. >>
MARKETING
Entrepreneurs are cashing in as items featuring President-elect Barack Obama have become a sales phenomenon. >>
NFL
Federal jury orders the players' association to pay $28.1 million to former players for violating marketing deals. >>
PROMOTIONS
Marketers tout the value of products to boost sales during the downturn. >>
INTERNET
The ad deal is scuttled by Justice Department objections. Will Microsoft come calling again? >>
LOCAL ELECTIONS
A full-page newspaper spot supporting the Hilton hotel expansion project featured a handwritten 'good luck' note from Nancy Krasne, a vocal opponent of the project. She calls the ad 'despicable.' >>
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS
Some voters are uncertain whether yes means no or no means yes on the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage. >>
FUEL
Ads tout their people-friendly efforts. But spending data show the focus remains the bottom line. >>
SMALL-BUSINESS MAKE-OVER
A small-business consultant advises owners of the Los Angeles firm to focus on marketing, expand the product line and boost Fancifull's presence on the Web. >>
WORD OF MOUTH
Eastwood, an exception to the rule, has been able to deliver critical and commercial success simultaneously. >>
ASIA
Banks are stepping up their marketing of plastic, but the penalties are harsh on delinquent payers. >>
Jerry Crowe
Text messages from press row. . . . >>
ADVERTISING
Major League Baseball agrees to delay the start by about 15 minutes to allow Fox to carry the half-hour program, which will also be shown on CBS and NBC stations. >>
ADVERTISING
The stadium won’t get a new moniker, but the bullpens might. >>
MARKETING
In Lancaster, a highway was altered to play a tune when Civics drove over it. It didn't last long, after neighbors complained. More singing pavement may be down the road. >>
ENTERTAINMENT
The decision by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences comes as TV advertising budgets tighten and viewership falls. >>
FROM OUR BLOGS
A 15.2% increase in the first half of 2008 pales compared with previous years. >>
RIGHT TO BARE TEETH
New spots taking him to task on gun rights will air in battleground states such as Ohio, Virginia and Florida. >>
MARKETING
Some carriers see overhead bins and even barf bags as valuable real estate for commercial messages. Others fear turned-off passengers would migrate elsewhere. >>
UCLA FOOTBALL
Dan Guerrero gives his support for the efforts to market the Bruins football team but says there would be a 'different approach' from now on. >>
UCLA FOOTBALL FYI
Fresno State fans are urged to buy tickets to Saturday's game at the Rose Bowl. Will it hurt the Bruins' home-field advantage? >>
BILL DWYRE
How come no one's talking about that other local team, the one that glided into baseball's playoffs and isn't still trying to get in? Chalk it up to marketing, Manny and a crafty low-key manager. >>
BOOK REVIEW
Advertisers have never encountered an open space they didn't consider a possible advertising medium. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON BASKETBALL
Chinese fans adore the Lakers star, whose commercial appeal has had quite a rebound. >>
COLUMN ONE
Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome. >>
GAME DAY
Iron Man has good graphics and dialogue but is hard to control. Speed Racer is dull racing on color overload. >>
Ten years after his death, Ol' Blue Eyes is the color of money under a new deal between the family and Warner Music Group Corp. >>
HEALTHCARE
City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo says the health insurer made false promises of coverage and hid a scheme to drop sick policyholders. The company denies the allegations. >>
ENTERTAINMENT
Beth Comstock, whose naming as digital chief had been resented, will return to marketing. >>
MARKETING
Eric Ritz gave up his career to start an organization that has set up exhibits and performance art with an environmental message. >>
STRIKE REPORT
The networks are facing pressure from sponsors worried about what will happen when fresh episodes run out. >>
BEVERAGES
The world's dominant coffee retailer launched a national television advertising campaign Friday called "Pass the Cheer." >>
CONSUMER SAFETY
The El Segundo company says 11 products made in China contain unsafe amounts of lead. It is pulling 840,000 items worldwide. >>
AUTOS
The carmaker beefs up the former top seller to try to turn around sales. >>
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