SlideShare + LinkedIn = More Value for Professionals

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Over the past few years, SlideShare and LinkedIn have been working closely together to help professionals be more effective and productive through the content they create and share on LinkedIn. I’ve personally been a huge fan of SlideShare and am thrilled to have such a great, skilled team joining the LinkedIn family.

This acquisition means good things to professionals everywhere. Presentations are a core component of how professionals define and brand their identity. This deal enables professionals to discover people through content, and content through people. We’re excited to figure out the best ways our offerings will work together to help professionals around the world be more productive and successful.

In the meantime, SlideShare users will continue experiencing this great service as always. SlideShare has done a tremendous job of creating a dynamic platform for document sharing that millions of professionals have come to rely on everyday -- and it will remain that way.

For more about our news, check out our SlideShare presentation.

Welcome to the LinkedIn family SlideShare.

This blog post contains forward-looking statements related to LinkedIn, SlideShare, the acquisition of SlideShare and the potential benefits of the acquisition. Actual events or results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the documents LinkedIn files from time to time with the SEC, including LinkedIn’s most recent Form 10-K and the Form 10-Q LinkedIn will file for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. These SEC filings contain and identify important factors that could cause results of the acquisition to differ materially from those contained in LinkedIn’s forward-looking statements. LinkedIn is under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform to actual results. Link to our disclaimer.

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