Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Facebook files $5 billion IPO (paidContent). 2.7 billion daily likes and other key numbers from the S-1 (paidContent). »  Facebook’s IPO: The next Google? (NSDQ: GOOG) Or the next Groupon? (NSDQ: GRPN) (Wired) »  Tumblr hires writers to cover itself…

It took the whole day, but Facebook finally—as many expected—filed its S-1 with the Securities Exchange Commission for its long-awaited IPO. While guesstimates for how much Facebook would try to raise ranged from $5 billion to $10 billion, in the end, it looks like it is the lower of that…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Facebook’s IPO To Start At $5 Billion, And It’s Coming Wednesday AM (paidContent); Facebook Picks Morgan Stanley to Lead IPO (Bloomberg); Will Facebook deliver an IPO surprise? (AP) »  First Image of a BlackBerry 10 Superphone (Crackberry) »  Barnes &…

It remains to be seen whether all social networks can be profitable on advertising alone—and crucially what formats will work best alongside people’s communications with each other—but for now we are at least seeing some big growth in the space.

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  As Sky growth slows, can Internet defend it from downturn and rivals? (paidContent) »  Facebook widens its lead over Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) in online display ads—now holds 28 percent of market (WSJ) »  BuzzFeed bulks up again, with a tech…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Your iPhone Has To Be Made In China, And Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Can’t Absolve Your Guilt (paidContent) »  Study: Only 1% of Facebook ‘Fans’ Engage With Brands (AdAge) »  The Bookstore’s Last Stand (New York Times) »  Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN)…

It looks like the death spiral that was the Bitbop mobile video service is finally no longer. PaidContent understands that the service—once built and owned by News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS) and sold, along with the rest of Fox Mobile, to IT services company Jesta when News Corp. couldn’t make a…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Twitter faces censorship backlash (paidContent) »  How the Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) became the web’s biggest newspaper (GigaOm) »  Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) sees overseas losses doubling to $118 million this quarter (paidContent) »  For $2 a star, an online retailer…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Netflix’s Hastings: “We’re done promoting our DVD service” (paidContent) »  Why adding subscribers again may not mean Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is fixed (AdAge) »  Amazon’s hit man (Bloomberg Businessweek) »  Inside the online matchmaking industry’s giant blind date (Fast Company)…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Well, Here’s How Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing Will Get Its Books Into Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) (paidContent) »  Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) returns to form, blows Street targets away (paidContent »  Apple has paid $4 billion to developers over lifetime…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Polyvore, the Fashion Site, Gets More Money and a New C.E.O. (Bits) »  Denial Is Not A Turnaround Strategy: Why RIM’s New CEO Needs To Get Real (paidContent) »  News Aggregator Wavii Wants To “Make Facebook Out Of Google,” Bring…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Endgame: RIM’s Balsillie, Lazaridis to step down from CEO roles (paidContent) »  350,000 textbooks downloaded from Apple’s iBooks in three days (All Things Digital) »  Tablet and e-book reader ownership nearly double over the holiday gift-giving period (Pew Internet &…

The top priority for most magazine executives today seems to be building iPad apps. Yet the user experience of a print magazine is unmatchable: they’re cheap, never out of battery charge, not a target for thieves and they have twice the screen space when spread as an iPad screen. Magazines…

This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them looking to capitalize more on their already-hefty user bases by creating services that keep them on their sites for longer.

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  SOPA Blackout, Anonymous-Style: FBI, DOJ Sites Downed In Megaupload Protest (paidContent) Day After Piracy Bill Collapses, Feds Shut Down Megaupload (paidContent) »  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Points to FX After Revenue Miss; Analysts Harp on CPC (All Things D) »  Twitter…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Huffington Post partners with L’Espresso for “L’Huffington Post Italy” (paidContent) »  Introducing new apps for Timeline (Facebook). The most interesting uses of Facebook’s new Open Graph (All Things Digital). The full list of apps included (The Next Web). »  Jon…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Apple’s Textbook Push Spotlights Executive (Wall Street Journal) »  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Finds Way To Get On SOPA Soap Box Without Going Dark (paidContent) Internet blackout against U.S. law fails to enlist big sites (Reuters) Taking SOPA/PIPA to the streets:…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  YouTube’s lineup gets a boost from two new entertainment channels (paidContent) »  Media News CEO John Paton is out to stop the presses (LA Times) »  Sarah Lacy debuts new tech site, PandoDaily—$2 million in funding and guess who’s working…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Hulu Plus claims more than 1.5 million subscribers, commits $500 million to content in 2012 (paidContent) »  From CES, a few hints about the future of TV (ReadWriteWeb) »  Newsweek reviving its 1960s design for ‘Mad Men’ issue, down to…