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Changes at ITV’s commercial and online division see the arrival of Simon Daglish and the departure of Gary Digby along with five others.

Brits increased their online spending this Christmas, boosting the total amount spent on the net to £2.8 billion, according to Econsultancy’s e-commerce stats round-up.

Let’s start 2011 with a bit of social media comment and a celebratory column.

Rovi is set to unveil its new Media Cloud and details of a deal with Samsung at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week.

Display advertising spend is expected to increase by 9.3% in 2011, more than search’s 4.4% rise, according to new media age.

New research from Experian Hitwise shows that Boxing day was the busiest day for online retailers in the UK, with visits to websites around 12% higher than before Christmas.

Microsoft sites enjoyed a 24% increase in total unique visitors from 34.7 million in November 2009 to 43.2 million in November 2010, according to comScore.

Facebook has been valued at $50 billion following a recent $500 million cash injection from Goldman Sachs and Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies.

Consumer magazines haven’t quite conquered the iPad app market, with sales of Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair and Glamour all down or flat over the last six months. Over the same period, Apple has sold more than a million iPads.

As Facebook continues to dominate the social media world, Nick Burcher wonders if the site can continue to grow at this rate in 2011?