With the economy taking a nosedive, and Facebook quickly running out of money, investors are going to be asking them to start collecting revenue from their web property that gets more expensive everyday.

John Battelle of Federated Media and his team just released an innovative ad campaign for Asus computer maker.

Researchers Find U.S. Doesn’t Top the List of Countries, and Suggest Marketers Take a ‘Waterfall’ Approach to Rollouts. The actual top-country doesn’t even speak English at all, at least not natively.

Have you been able to find Coke’s new energy drink Burn online? I can’t find news of it anywhere. And it’s really a shame, because this new energy drink is taking the world by storm.

iLike and TuneCore have partnered to allow artists to make money when people listen to their tracks. The new Macbook Airs are very impressive. Tips to buying a business (plumbing, perhaps?). Gamers can sell their virtual goods for real money …and more.

What’s going on in the advertising world today, October 20th, 2008?
Glam is launching a sister-site to their female fashion network, and its name is Brash. NBC U plans to cut $500 million from their budget, which means more belt-tightening.