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Happy Martin Luther King Day! Here’s the rundown of last week’s most important social media events: Facebook launched a new ‘Listen With’ feature, the Australian Open’s digital media usage and Google merges search and social.

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a great 2011 and are ready for what 2012 brings. To open up the new year we’ve got Nike’s new Twitter handle, Lil Wayne’s internet sports show and the NBA’s Town Hall.

2011 was a big year for social media marketing and musicians once again blazed a trail for all entertainment industries, using tools like Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to build and grow their fan base. Facebook, no doubt is one of the main platforms artists have used to connect with their fans. The infographic by RootMusic below shows how the top 250 musicians have used this social network over 2011.

Hope you had a great holiday and Santa brought you what you wanted! This week we’ve got the Super Bowl live streaming online, Facebook’s private messages between pages and fans, and Twitter handles on jerseys.

Happy Monday #SoMash readers! Here’s what we’ve got for you this week: Facebook unveils Timeline for all users, 76ers fans start mascot Twitter handles and Google+ Hangouts’ new features. We hope you enjoy the start of your holiday season (and vacation days)!

The most clicked stories from this week’s #Sports e-newsletter included an NBA fan’s twitter stunt that landed him a job, UFC’s Dana White’s endorsement of Twitter as the greatest marketing tool of all-time, and the Phoenix Sun’s push for mobile marketing in 2012. For these stories and more, read below and subscribe to #Sports below.

Hope you all had a great weekend! The Monday #SoMash is back with a small but powerful lineup that includes Manchester City’s display of fan tweets, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s microchipped jerseys, and Facebook’s acquisition of Gowalla.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers! The A8S team enjoyed a relaxing weekend jammed packed full of football, food, and more football Without further ado, this week’s #SoMash reviews college football Rivalry Weekend’s hashtag end zone, Google+ livestreaming LBJ, CP3, and Melo, and Arizona’s major Twitter announcement.

Welcome back to this week’s Social Mashup! We’re here to kick off the short work week with the launch of Google’s music store, Facebook’s recommended people list and Foursquare’s badge updates.

Happy Halloween! We hope you enjoyed your weekend and find yourself sharing trick or treat goodies around the office. This week’s mashup features YouTube’s new content channels, Klout’s upgraded scores, ASICS’ RFID activation at the ING NYC Marathon, and Facebook Credits testing on outside websites.