Los Angeles - A user-generated TV spot created as part of a contest by Doritos was the most popular ad in USA Today's 21st Annual Ad Meter poll, besting agency-created ads for Anheuser-Busch, which has won the past ten years in a row. [more..]

Washington - President Barack Obama will sign a bill that will postpone the digital TV transition by several months, from Feb. 17 to June 12, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said on Friday. [more..]

London - Major record label EMI said last week that digital revenue rose to $145.6 million in the six months to Sept. 30, up 38% from the previous half-year. [more..]

New York - Video game sales across the U.S., U.K. and Japan were up 11% in 2008 to 409.9 million units, according to a report that combines sales data from NPD Group (U.S.), GfK Chart-Track Limited (U.K.) and Enterbrain (Japan). [more..]

Boston - A group of 14 news organizations that includes the Associated Press, New York Times Co., Dow Jones and NBC Universal has submitted a "friend of the court" brief urging a judge to allow the trial of an accused music file-swapper to be broadcast on the Internet, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Washington - Satellite radio provider Sirius XM is facing a Feb. 17 deadline to pay back $174.6 million in debt, and is in the midst of talks with several potential investors, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. [more..]

Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ has announced that it will lay off 100 employees and shutter mobile game development studios in San Diego, the U.K. and Germany as it shifts focus squarely on mobile games for smartphones like Apple's iPhone, VentureBeat reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - HandHeld Entertainment (ZVUE), a Web entertainment network and maker of portable media players, laid off the staff at its eBaum's World video site last week, NewTeeVee reported, citing staff blog posts. [more..]

San Jose, Calif. - Plagued by the ongoing economic downturn, global sales of semiconductors suffered their first year-over-year decline since 2001, according to new statistics from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). [more..]

Brisbane, Calif. - Glam Media, a network of women's and men's websites with more than 900 publishers, said that it has acquired AdaptiveAds, a developer of display ad targeting and optimization technology based in San Francisco and India. [more..]

San Francisco - SocialMedia Networks, the developer of an independent social media advertising network, said on Friday that it has raised $6 million in its second round of funding, co-led by IDG Ventures SF and previous investor Charles River Ventures. [more..]

New York - Mochila, the operator of an online content syndication marketplace, announced on Monday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of third round funding, led by the Greenspun Corporation. [more..]

Los Angeles - The day after his performance at Super Bowl XLIII, Bruce Springsteen is atop the most popular album chart on Amazon.com, and is second on the iTunes Store's album chart, Wired.com reported. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts said that it has gained an exclusive worldwide license to create video games based on the works of author Robert Ludlum, including the blockbuster Jason Bourne series. [more..]

Davos, Switzerland - Facebook has demonstrated a new instant public polling feature for its online social network at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this weekend, PaidContent reports. [more..]

London - Century-old U.K.-based retailer Woolworths, which declared bankruptcy last month, will return as a Web-only store after the brand name was acquired by British home shopping retailer Shop Direct, Reuters reported. [more..]

Washington - Two months after shifting its trademark U.S. News & World Report magazine from weekly to monthly format, publisher U.S. News Media Group said on Friday that it has launched a new digital magazine that includes hard news, analysis, features and commentary. [more..]

New York - The New York Times Co. on Monday launched an online syndication marketplace, where users can purchase news articles, images and multimedia from The Times and more than 100 other content providers. [more..]