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LinkedIn doubles down on education with LinkedIn Learning, updates desktop site (TechCrunch)

September 23, 2016

Online networking company LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) took the wraps off its newest efforts to expand its site beyond job hunting and recruitment, its two business mainstays, TechCrunch reported. The company launched a new site called LinkedIn Learning, an e-learning portal tailored to individuals, but also catering to businesses looking to keep training their employees, and beyond that even educational institutions exploring e-learning courses. The new site was unveiled Thursday in LinkedIn’s offices in San Francisco, and comes about a year and a half after LinkedIn acquired online learning site Lynda.com for $1.5 billion. A large part of LinkedIn Learning is based on Lynda content, and goes live with some 9,000 courses on offer.