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		<title>Reuters: Zynga IPO Due Before Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music Zynga’s initial public offering could happen (finally) the week before the November 24 Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, two anonymous sources told Reuters.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=447&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WildChords music game wins Match Point pitch contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Social TV Games Platform PlayJam Scores $5M Round of Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<title>Nokia’s new Windows Phone include Mix Radio streaming music</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music Nokia unveiled its first two Windows Phone smartphones this morning at its Nokia World conference in London: the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Both will include an app called Nokia Music which represents the company’s latest digital music initiative.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=444&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Myspace’s fall – lessons learned by former CEO Mike Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music Fortune has a very interesting article by Mike Jones, formerly CEO of Myspace in its attempted-comeback years, on what he learned during the process of trying to turn around the ailing social network.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=443&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rhapsody president defends streaming service payouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music Rhapsody boss Jon Irwin has entered the debate around artist payouts from streaming music services, although his guest column for Billboard carefully skates over some aspects of the argument.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=442&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zynga Games Rival Core Games In Total Playtime</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; musicZynga’s FarmVille to CityVille conversion rate stacks up favorably against that of many core franchises. But it’s not just FarmVille players that are loyal; for almost any given Zynga title, between 80% and 95% of players also play another Zynga game. And they play often, like eight sessions a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=441&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will.I.Am gets Google homepage promotion before Hangout session</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music Google is catching on fast to the potential of getting artists to hang out in, er, Hangout.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=440&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>150k downloads for indie label Ghostly’s discovery app</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music US indie label Ghostly International has notched up more than 150,000 downloads of its Ghostly Discovery iPhone app. The app helps fans to explore the label’s catalogue, recommending songs and artists based on mood, tempo, timbre and other metrics.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=439&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1m subscribers for FanBridge’s new Social Digest feature</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Corti, CEO Soshi Games</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Scoop.it &#8211; Social games &#38; music Music marketing firm FanBridge appears to be doing rather well with a new feature called Social Digest. It collects updates from a band’s social networking profiles and organises them into a weekly email newsletter for fans.Show original<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevilnumber27.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1897937&amp;post=438&amp;subd=theevilnumber27&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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