ò Congress to scrutinize Google-DoubleClick deal

ò Murdoch closes in on Dow Jones

ò Cenveo to acquire Commercial Envelope

ò Microsoft Office Live adds Ask Sponsored Listings

ò Pitney Bowes, Acxiom get USPS CASS certification

A congressional hearing has been called to closely examine Google’s planned DoubleClick acquisition, with the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection raising concerns over the potential merger, and its implications for consumer-privacy and anticompetitive issues.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has reached a tentative agreement for the buyout of Dow Jones & Co. Negotiators met Monday, and the deal was presented to the entire Dow Jones board last night.

Microsoft Office Live is adding Ask Sponsored Listings to its adManager Beta search advertising service. This marks the first time in nearly five years that two major search engines are joining together to help small businesses manage their search-engine advertising campaigns.

In a move that enhances its direct mail capabilities, Cenveo Inc. has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Commercial Envelope Manufacturing Inc. Commercial Envelope Manufacturing, Deer Park, NY, is a leading envelope manufacturer in the United States with about $160 million in revenues.

In preparation for tougher restrictions on standardized mail beginning Aug. 1, Acxiom Corp. and Pitney Bowes said yesterday that they have received US Postal Service’s CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System) certification for their postal software products under Cycle L requirements.

Blackbaud Inc. is providing the Chesapeake Bay Foundation with direct marketing services to manage its outreach program and boost its membership base to 250,000 people by 2010.