Article: Facebook to Crash the Online Advertising Party; CEO Mark Zuckerberg parries dogged questions about online advertising.

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October 17, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO--Web 2.0 Summit co-host John Battelle peppered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with tough questions about the future of the social networking site, getting the Harvard dropout to admit the company will announce plans to make money through online advertising within the next three months.

When Battelle asked if and how Facebook would colonize its platform to position it for growth, Zuckerberg said, "We might do something in ads."

Asked to elaborate on that, Zuckerberg firmly said no, adding that in the next few months "there will be a lot more on that."

Harping on the online ad point, Battelle later inquired about the health of Facebook's relationship with Microsoft, which serves ...

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