WordPress.com testing promoted posts with iReach, a PR Newswire company

Automattic, the company behind Wordpress.com and its 3.6 billion monthly pageviews, is testing a new native advertising monetization option with its massive blogging community: promoted posts.

Facebook owes 125 million people 2 cents each in proposed settlement

Did Facebook use your face to help sell 55-gallon barrels of personal lubricant? If so, you too may be eligible for a whopping two pennies in compensation, ramping to $10 if you apply.

Native ads go mainstream with ShareThrough Sponsored Videos

Native advertising is what Facebook is doing when it shows sponsored posts, or what Twitter engages in with promoted tweets. Here's a native ad platform for all publishers.