Reuters: Zynga IPO Due Before Thanksgiving

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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.
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WildChords music game wins Match Point pitch contest

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Finnish startup Ovelin has bagged first prize in the Match Point pitching contest at the Music & Media Finland conference.
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Social TV Games Platform PlayJam Scores $5M Round of Funding

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Social TV games platform developer PlayJam closed a $5 million first round of investment with participation from GameStop Digital Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Endeavour Ventures, London Venture Partners, and several unnamed “game industry luminaries.”…
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Nokia’s new Windows Phone include Mix Radio streaming music

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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.
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Myspace’s fall – lessons learned by former CEO Mike Jones

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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.
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