LinkedIn Acquire’s SlideShare for $118.8 Million

LinkedIn has announced plans to acquire SlideShare, an easy to use presentation sharing service, for $118.8 Million.

The SlideShare site had ~29 Million unique visitors in March and has more than 9 Million presentations. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter and has bumped up LinkedIn Shares by 8% hours after the announcement.

What do you think to this new acquisition? Do you think it will improve any of the existing services? And, what do you think about the price? Let us know in the comments below.

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