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Greg Grimmer looks back at 2011 – Facebook’s ever-increasing IPO valuation, Stephen Haines’ move from Earlsfield to Monaco, the royal media wedding and the News of the World fiasco, right through to December’s silly season in Fitzrovia…

While we have all been fixated by the daily mayhem oozing out from the Leveson Committee another potentially more important inquiry has been moving at its usual, seemingly glacial, speed towards an outcome.

WPP’s GroupM has reduced its 2011 UK ad spend forecast from 1.5% to 0.7%.

Microsoft has announced plans for an all-new Xbox 360 experience, which will include the first group of new, custom applications from TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE.

WPP has announced that its wholly-owned digital marketing technology business, 24/7 Real Media, has acquired the assets of the digital video advertising software company Panache.

Dean Wilson, UK MD at Active International, says an end of year report card for mobile would read: A for effort and enthusiasm but still a little unpredictable and inconsistent. Room to improve…

ITV1’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Coming Out show attracted over six million viewers in the all-important prime-time slot last night.

ITV1’s X Factor results show, which saw Misha B leave the competition, attracted a high of more than 11.2 million viewers last night.

MAGNAGLOBAL, a division of IPG Mediabrands, has released an updated global advertising forecast, showing media owners’ revenue growth for 2011 and 2012 to be slower than previously projected, but still resilient.

Sky is expected to launch a wholesale fibre broadband offering in the next few months, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML).