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...issue came to a head on Nov. 1 when the blogger Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch confronted some of the advertising providers at a virtual goods summit with accusations of scammy behavior. He blogged about it and also managed to find a former social-networking ad executive who admitted that the industry knew that not all the ads were on the up-and-up. (See how to plan for retirement...
...Mark Pincus of Zynga, the largest and most profitable of the social-networking game companies, (it created FarmVille, Mafia Wars and Cafe World) was quick to respond. "I agree with [Arrington] and others that some of these offers misrepresent and hurt our industry," he wrote on his blog. "We have worked hard to remove bad offers ... Nevertheless we need to be more aggressive and have revised our service-level agreements." He also took down all offers that involve sending a mobile-phone number. Offerpal, the biggest provider of offer advertising, also apparently responded quickly, replacing CEO Anu Shukla, shortly after...
...people have the inside view of the bathrooms of U.S. Presidents. As the main White House plumber for seven Presidents, Howard Arrington (above, center) fished out golf balls that Dwight Eisenhower drove into the South Lawn fountain and appeased a testy Lyndon Johnson's demands for more body sprays in his shower. After Watergate made plumbing a nasty euphemism, Arrington explained, "I'm the real White House plumber...
...dedication comes in part from her parents, who had their own childhood work ethic as athletes (her dad was a minor-league shortstop, her mom got a tennis scholarship to college, and her grandfather is former Eagles' quarterback Rick Arrington). And, says Osbrink, Fanning is pursuing a strategy of "one fun one, then a serious one, just to keep it fun for her and keep her challenged." It took Nicolas Cage 25 years to figure that...
...lifted his jersey to display a black Under Armour shirt. He told reporters, "I'm not a superstitious person, but my son wears this brand, and he said, 'We've never lost a game when I wore this shirt,' so I put this shirt on." Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, Chicago Cubs first baseman Eric Karros and other big names appear in Under Armour ads for free--or for a donation to their favorite charity. Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens met Plank in a bar during a Yankees-Orioles series and likes Under Armour so much that he, his wife...