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posted by takyon on Sunday October 22 2017, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the linked-infielder dept.

LinkedIn CEO: Company Open To Original Shows, Streaming NFL

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner says they are not pivoting to video as several social media and news media outlets have recently done, but the company is open to buying and developing original shows.

[...] He noted that shows similar to ABC's "Shark Tank" could potentially do very well with its business and networking minded users.

[...] Weiner also expressed interest in pursuing deals with professional sports leagues such as the NFL or NBA.

Also at GeekWire and MSPoweruser.

Previously: Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion in Cash
LinkedIn Apologizes for Attempted Privacy Breach
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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday October 22 2017, @04:19PM (1 child)

    by looorg (578) on Sunday October 22 2017, @04:19PM (#585977)

    What? I know I don't understand this whole social-media thing. But Linkedin started out as some kind of professional job-seeking website. Then Microsoft bought them for about $26B and now they are transitioning them into a original show streamer as a side-business to their social-networking-job-whatever-site? Sure, makes perfect sense. Nothing says you can't look for a new job as you also watch some NFL streams or some original dramas while you are doing it ... perhaps the shows could connect into the site so it could be about looking for a new job. They could call it BUMS ... or 'the unemployable'.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @03:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @03:35AM (#586154)

    Yeah, it started as a networking site for professionals, the premise being that if A knows B and B knows C, A could ask to be connected to C due to both knowing B. At least that was the non-paying environment.

    This was pre-facebook, even myspace. I believe friendster was the social network of that time. It was a place to present yourself professionally, to build your personal professional network, and to show interest in looking for a new job without going through obviously scummier sites like monster.

    Later they developed more social network functions, I guess that were only used for professional backslapping, and the site became progressively more difficult to log in to and use. I think I last logged in like 2 years ago to eject someone from my network. By now I don't think I need to advertise myself professionally online anymore.