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We’ve had one heck of the week on the east coast between earthquakes and hurricanes, but we survived it and hope you all made it through as well. For news this week, we’ve got Ticketmaster and Facebook teaming up to make your ticket purchases more social, Tweetsport for iPhone, Facebook photo filters and the New York Giants broadcasting tweets live on television this preseason. Here’s to a safe and natural disaster free week!

Calling all golf aficionados and Foursquare badgers! The PGA Tour has recently partnered with the world’s check-in leader to offer an exclusive FedEx shipping discount on golf equipment, merchandise, and apparel as well as a limited edition Foursquare Partner badge.

We’re now less than 365 days away from the London 2012 Summer Olympics (and have been for some time now), but in case you were wondering about Sochi 2014, Rio de Janiero 2016, and PyeongChang 2018, we’ve got you covered with this cool countdown timer. This week’s edition of the Social Mashup features ESPN exclusive partnership with Foursquare, Skype’s acquisition of GroupMe, StumbleUpon’s continued rapid growth, and Google+ verification badges.

Unfortunately beach season is quickly coming to a close but that means American football season is fast approaching! BTW, did anybody catch The Band Perry’s stellar performance at last night’s CMA Musical Festival? This week’s edition of the Social Mashup features a flurry of major college sports programs banning Twitter usage among its student athletes, superstar musicians supporting Save the Children via Facebook and Twitter, Haven’s unique integration of Twitter into its on-air plot, and Rovio’s amazing billion dollar company valuation.

Although NFL players might not have the same Klout as Justin Bieber (he’s only 100 out of 100), they are pretty influencial. The end of the lockout brought happiness to households all around America and proof that Sunday might not really be the day of rest. No one questions that the NFL dominates Sunday and most of Monday night, but just how much do NFL players influence us online on a daily basis? Well… Klout has recently released a blog post highlighting the top 10 Klout scores in the NFL.

The QR code, despite it’s widespread implementation is still a vastly under utilized social media tool especially in terms of innovation and creativity (PS they don’t have to be black and white … scan this purple one). The power to give out a wealth of information while using minimal real estate yet not forcing the consumer to remember a website is incredibly powerful.

Music and social media form the perfect union. In fact, music has overtaken social media. This isn’t really a bold statement like Nas claiming, “Hip hop is dead,” it’s just a statement of fact. Music has moved its residence, and it now lives on the internet, visiting Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube millions of times every second. CDs and record stores have been pushed aside to make room for their digital counterparts, iPods and iTunes.

We’re one more sultry summer weekend closer to the revitalized NFL season, college football, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows! On that note, today’s #SoMash includes MasterCard’s promo of the Yankees, live streaming of U2′s 360 Tour, Nielsen’s new Facebook ratings, and the PGA Championship’s social media push.

We hope you had a great weekend and are ready for last week’s top news in sports, entertainment, and social media. Today’s edition includes a major social media marketing push behind box office number one movie Cowboys & Aliens, the 2012 Olympics Twitter contest, Twitter’s new delivery of promoted Tweets, and finally Foursquare and Groupon’s official partnership announcement.