Communications services companies rose, but not by as much as the broad market, amid mixed earnings.

AT&T shares fell after the carrier's struggles with its media businesses overshadowed stronger-than-anticipated wireless subscriber growth.

Advertising giant Interpublic Group boosted its projection for revenue growth this year, citing improvements in public health and the global economic outlook.

Facebook's oversight board said the company hadn't been forthcoming about how it exempts high-profile users from its rules and said it is drafting recommendations for how to overhaul the system, following a Wall Street Journal investigation into the practice.

Media measurement company VideoAmp Inc. has raised $275 million in a series F round of funding as it pursues its efforts to take a slice of the media measurement business dominated by Nielsen, the company said.

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