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LinkedIn buying Lynda.com for $1.5 billion in cash and stock Posted: 09 Apr 2015 03:18 PM PDT LinkedIn is buying Lynda.com for about $1.5 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, adding the online learning and professional development company to its professional networking offerings. Mountain View, California-based ...

LinkedIn buys education site lynda.com for $1.5 bn Posted: 09 Apr 2015 07:00 AM PDT The career social network LinkedIn said Thursday it was buying the online learning site lynda.com in a cash-stock deal valued at $1.5 billion. The deal ties the 300-million member social network with an educational group which offers language training and other courses to governments, companies and individuals. "The mission of LinkedIn and the mission of lynda.com are highly aligned. Both companies seek to help professionals be better at what they do," Jeff Weiner, chief executive of LinkedIn, said in a statement.

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