LinkedIn Is Buying SlideShare For $119 Million

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LinkedIn just announced plans to buy SlideShare for $119 million. It will be 45% cash and 55% stock.

SlideShare allows users to upload documents to the web and have them embedded all over the place. How does it fit at LinkedIn? Here’s what CEO Jeff Weiner said in a press release explaining the move:

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