»  LinkedIn’s CEO says an IPO is not in the company’s near-term plans. [Reuters]

»  The Toronto Star will shed 20 percent of its newsroom staff. [E&P]

»  Monster.com’s impressions have doubled from this time last year (it now reaches 43 percent of the U.S. audience). [ClickZ]

»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is launching an e-book service in Japan. [TBI]

»  Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is one of the lead investors in an electronic-receipt company called Kvittar. [CrunchGear]

»  The Boston Globe‘s biggest union wants to oust its president. [Fishbowl NY]