{"id":1305,"date":"2007-11-23T13:34:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/myspace-linkedin\/"},"modified":"2007-11-23T13:31:56","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T19:31:56","slug":"myspace-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/myspace-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"MySpace LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well here is an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.techcrunch.com\/2007\/11\/22\/rumour-news-corp-to-buy-linkedin\">interesting rumor from TechCrunch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An unconfirmed rumour has reached me via a reliable source that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/company\/LinkedIn\">LinkedIn<\/a> is in talks with media giant News Corporation over a possible buyout in January 2008. The reason I am running with this, is that the source is very well-placed. 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