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-- Glam launches app network: The notion of apps as ad revenue generators is still in the exploratory stage for most publishers. But female-focused ad net Glam Media thinks it can change that, by launching the Glam App Network.

In the near future, search listings for Facebook users will include links to branded pages for which those users are fans, according to informational ads appearing on the social network.
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Social network Multiply.com has received $5 million in funding from ABS-CBN, one of the Philippines' largest media companies.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has launched a new version of its Windows Live service, whatever it was before (search plus its myriad communication services tacked on it), and now it is a full blown social network, with the idea to integrate all the disparate MSFT online services, as well as allow other third-party services to be embedded within in.

Forecasts for social network advertising were already being scaled back long before the credit crisis began filtering through to advertising as a whole, but Facebook is keeping the torch burning for the holy grail of social ads - its new "engagement ad" format. The format, which asks users to interact with an ad and then shares that action with friends, launched back in August - but WSJ.com today has a grab-bag of suspicion toward the offering…

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed reports that social network Facebook is strapped for cash, and possibly seeking venture capital funding in Dubai.
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Before ballots were counted yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama led race for President across social network by nearly all measures, according to social computing expert and Forrester Research analyst...

Widget and social app firm RockYou is adding $17 million to its already hefty third round. Back in June, the San Mateo, Calif.-company started the round with $35 million led by DCM, with participation from several undisclosed backers.

It's no secret MySpace has become a key part of the promotional machinery behind big Hollywood releases. Now the social network has produced metrics underscoring the leading role it plays connecting studios with young audiences. According to a Nielsen study commissioned by MySpace, the site is the top Web destination for 15- to 24-year-olds looking for information on new movies.

LinkedIn, the social network for white collar professionals, launched LinkedIn Surveys, which enables business-to-business (B2B) marketers to harvest market intelligence from its userbase.
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