Sales And Marketing

WASHINGTON - Pro football fans inundated with TV ads for brawny pickup trucks and sleek luxury models will get something different from Ford Motor Co.

NEW YORK - MySpace, a unit of News Corp., has retained consulting firm Media Link and with it online ad maven Wenda Harris Millard to vamp up its advertising business.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Filmgoers who have long turned to the local newspaper to find theaters and show times for movies may have to start looking elsewhere as theater chains rethink the value of paper and ink in a digital age.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is taking a government inquiry into his role on Apple Inc.'s board in stride, expressing confidence that the probe won't find any evidence that the ties between the two companies throttle competition in mobile phones and other technology fields.