Facebook ad pulled, MySpace and TMZ.com, Fav.or.it RSS Reader, LinkSpank, 3Bill acquires Profile Heaven

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Facebook ad pulled due to violence

A controversial online marketing campaign for the Universal Pictures thriller Untraceable has been pulled from Facebook and the video community Seesmic after concerns about the violence of its content.

The interactive marketing company Picture Production Company set up a promotional page on Facebook called "Kill With Me" ahead of the film's UK launch this Friday.

Launched five days ago, the Kill With Me page has been gradually revealing more and more of a visceral torture scene from the Untraceable movie to Facebook members.

Read more on guardian.co.uk

MySpace and TMZ launch Channel

MySpace and TMZ are set to launch a branded channel Wednesday on the social networking site's TV page.

TMZ will contribute two or three clips per week to MySpace TV (http://vids.myspace.com/). These videos, which will have already screened on the celebrity news site's syndicated TV program. will be found online exclusively on MySpace for 24 hours after the airing.

Additionally, TMZ will provide MySpace with as many as 15 clips each week on a nonexclusive basis.

Read more at Reuters UK

Fav.or.it: RSS Reader with Integrated Commenting Launches Public Beta

Fav.or.it, a new RSS reader with integrated commenting and community features, has launched its public beta. One of the more notable features of Fav.or.it is the ability for users to make comments on blog posts from within the reader, which will also appear on the actual blog they came from. What this means is that if you’re reading Mashable in Fav.or.it and want to leave a comment, you can do so from within the reader, and that comment can be seen both by the Fav.or.it community and on Mashable.com.

Read more at Mashable

LinkSpank: A Naughty Version of Digg?

LinkSpank. It sounds kinda naughty, and it could be if you try hard enough to make it so–but really it’s just a site about sharing content that you find interesting. If you find something on LinkSpank that you enjoy, spank it. Yes, that’s both “enjoy” and “spank” used together in the same sentence, in regards to social bookmarking.

Read more at Mashable

3BILL Acquires UK Social Network Profile Heaven

3BILL has announced that it has acquired a UK Social Network Profile Heaven for an undisclosed sum. Profile Heaven is a fairly standard social network aimed at teen - student demographics (15-24 years old); it was brought in the spotlight in 2006 when it was chosen as the best UK social network of the year in the People’s Choice competition.

Read more at Mashable

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