Publishers Settle Suit Over Pop-Up Ads

Washington Post Co., New York Times Co. and other newspaper and magazine companies settled a lawsuit filed against Internet advertising company Gator Corp. over pop-up ads.

Under a confidentiality agreement, the two sides won’t reveal whether Gator will continue to put pop-up ads on the media Web sites, according to a lawyer for the media companies.

The companies claimed that Gator was putting the ads on their Web sites without permission.

Gator said it offers free software to people who agree to accept the ads, and it denied infringing trademarks or copyrights.