REUTERS -- Nov 28 -- Business networking Web site LinkedIn would help News Corp in the fast-growing online social network business. TechCrunch raised speculation that News Corp had approached LinkedIn about an acquisition. Fortune blog Go West quoted LinkedIn Chief Executive Dan Nye as saying he would be willing to sell the company, but for "a lot more" than $1 billion. FULL ARTICLE @ REUTERSMark Brooks: LinkedIn competes with the likes of Viadeo and Xing, and also sites that help people market their identities on the web such as Lyro, Ziki and Naymz. LinkedIn is the leader, and has real revenue (from memberships and headhunters), and real growth potential. I'm spending $20 a month with them in perpetuity. My profile.
