Pandora going public?
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Pandora was saved by the iPhone, and now it has ambitions to turn public, Claire Cain Miller at the New York Times reports .
The market for initial public offerings has been dead for the last few years, but 2010 should be different. There's a slew of hot startups -- from Facebook to TeleNav to ReachLocal -- with big, rapidly growing businesses that are ready to test the public waters. One big tech IPO could make a big difference, though. Investors get greedy just as fast as they crawl into the fetal position, and a successful IPO from Facebook or another hot company could open the spigots.
This is a guest post from Michael Robertson, a 12-year veteran of the digital music business. He is the founder and former CEO of digital music pioneer MP3.com. He is currently the CEO of music locker company MP3tunes.