Despite the fact that Facebook owns the hype -- and may be taking steps of its own to go public -- LinkedIn is the social media community's favorite, with a recent Reuters poll finding it the Silicon Valley company "most eligible to go public." Full Article at Blogging Stocks

» LinkedIn’s CEO says an IPO is not in the company’s near-term plans. [Reuters] » Monster.com’s impressions have doubled from this time last year (it now reaches 43 percent of the U.S. audience). Full Article at paidContent.org

On Nov. 23, LinkedIn followed through on its plans to launch a development platform, opening Developer.linkedin.com to let software programmers put LinkedIn's profile content into their business applications and Websites. Full Article at eWeek

LinkedIn, the big professional social network, will probably pursue an initial public offering some time but not in the near future, cofounder and executive chairman Reid Hoffman said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Full Article at Dealbook

Venture investors valued the social networking start-up at $1.13 billion in its most recent financing round in September. Some holders of common stock think it’s worth even more – $1.3 billion. Full Article at Voices | All Things Digital

LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman is once again talking about an eventual public offering for the business-oriented social network, following remarks and moves made this week by executives at Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. that indicate IPOs are... Full Article at The Deal: Blogs