Odd! The New York Times article on the heinous horrible awful-sounding new Facebook Ads: "Facebook now will give advertisers the ability to create their own profile pages on its system that will let users identify themselves as fans of a product. So each user's news feed will contain items like 'Bobby Smith is now a fan of Toyota Prius' or whatever." Or whatever! Ha! (Wow, Facebook is so over now!) Also: Did they not want to mention that NYTCo is paying big bucks to be (along with CondeNet and Crest Whitestrips) one of the "brands and companies launching with Facebook Ads"? [NYT]

Great news, via press release: "VH1... redefined the music video experience when it premiered its on-air sensation "Pop Up Video" in the mid 90s. Now, beginning today, VH1 Mobile launches a new made-for-mobile version of the hugely popular VH1 series. Just like its on-air counterpart, "Pop Up Video To Go" displays "info-nuggets"—graphic factoids that 'pop' onto the mobile screen during music videos, giving viewers inside information, trivia and video production facts about their favorite artists and songs." Even better news: Users will receive random, unsolicited texts from "Pop Up Video" creator Tad Low telling them just how brilliant and misunderstood he is!