Facebook’s IPO stands to make millionaires of some of the stalwarts who have worked in its UK commercial operation, including Blake Chandlee who set up the operation and current leader Stephen Haines.

Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV, has signed up Germany’s RTL Group and Virgin Media as associate members, after expanding its membership policy to allow companies from outside the British TV broadcast industry to join.

Outdoor ad revenues rose by 1.4% year on year in the final quarter of 2011, led by growth at some of the smaller digital media owners, according to figures from the Outdoor Media Centre.

Madonna’s ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’ music video will premiere at 2pm UK time today (3 February) on Clear Channel billboards in London’s Piccadilly Circus, Times Square in New York and La Defense in Paris.

Google’s UK advertising sales team has been reshuffled in the wake of Bruce Daisley, director of YouTube and display, leaving last year to join Twitter.

MediaCom has promoted Peter Fyfe to the newly created role of head of social media, as the agency’s non-traditional marketing arm MediaCom Beyond Advertising (MBA) expands.

We R Interactive, the social games publisher, is launching its ‘I Am Playr’ football game as a mobile app in the first half of this year, according to new global commercial director Paul Whitehead.

Radio buyers give their verdicts on the latest Rajar figures, describing a “solid but unspectacular” quarter for commercial radio, while Capital and TalkSport are among those singled out for praise.

Global Radio’s Capital network has performed well in its first year, adding listeners and increasing total listening hours, while Bauer Media’s Passion portfolio performed strongly in the final quarter, according to the latest Rajar figures.

Johnny Vaughan bowed out of his flagship breakfast show as the undisputed king of London’s commercial radio, having helped Global Radio’s 95.8 Capital FM extend its lead over rivals.