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Bernardo Huberman and colleagues at HP’s Social Computing Lab have come up with four factors that make news stories popular on Twitter.

Virgin Media has announced its Q4 2011 results, with £48.2 million profit and double the number of customers subscribing to TiVo.

Social media is the flavour of the month for advertisers, according to Starcom MediaVest Group’s Jim Kite.

Torin Douglas rounded-up MediaTel’s Future of Media Research event on Friday by asking the panel what they think 2012 (and beyond) holds for the industry.

Last night’s Superbowl produced plenty of thrills for the sports fans – and a Madonna performance at half time to keep the gossip sites chattering.

Facebook has filed its long-awaited plans for a float on the US stock market yesterday. The social networks initial public offering (IPO) of US$5 billion of shares is the largest for an internet company since Google in 2004.

Digital radio put in a strong performance once again last quarter. Listening to radio via a digital platform in terms of weekly reach has increased by 10% year on year, with 23.1 million people now tuning in to radio via a digitally enabled receiver (DAB, DTV, internet) each week (up from 20.9 million in Q4 2010 and 22.8 million in Q3 2011).

RAJAR’s Q4 2011 release was positive for Global Radio’s Capital brand, as well as Bauer’s Kiss and Magic.

BT and Miramax have announced a licensing agreement that will bring films from the studio to BT Vision customers in the UK.

Sky has announced plans to launch a new service allowing customers to watch some of its content over the internet. The new service will be an additional choice for people who do not currently subscribe to a pay TV service.