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The Blagger's Blog 29th July 2011
Amy Winehouse tops the Tweets for Manchester, London and Los Angeles, while Umbro creates beautiful art for advertising.
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News In Tweets – July 2011
4million issues of the final News of the World were bought, said The Sun.
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The Blagger's Blog 22nd July 2011
Manchester v London v Edinburgh in this week's Battle of the Tweets, Murdoch again tops the topics of conversation, Weetabix proves it's the best thing for a big day, while the Sun Online and Mail Online are found to be in contempt of court.
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The Huffington Post UK launches while opinions split
The US news blog's British sister just launched, but as is shown in this video from The Drum, opinion is split.
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The Blagger's Blog 14th July 2011
This week sees Manchester go head to head with London and Toronto in the Tweet world, Orange pimps Facebook profiles, NUJ strike action, and, of course, Murdoch and the News of the World scandal is still just getting going. It's Friday, here are your talking points.
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Facebook numbers fall in key territories
Millions leave Facebook in the US and Canada, while departures in the UK, Russia, and Norway number hundreds of thousands, despite the world's most popular social network rapidly approaching 700million members.
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