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LinkedIn's SlideShare Announces Its Features Will Soon Be Free

LinkedIn's SlideShare Announces Its Features Will Soon Be Free 4dq4u

By Hitesh Arora | Updated: 21 August 2014 18:13 IST

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SlideShare, a LinkedIn-owned website, on Wednesday announced that it will be offering its 'PRO' services for free from September, releasing them one by one. The website lets s and share presentations, documents, infographics, and videos online.

The website says it will make one feature free a month starting with Analytics in September. The other features that will be made free over the subsequent months will be Videos, Private s, and Profile Customisation, though the company has not the detailed the order of release. These features were previously available in two different SlideShare PRO subscription tiers, at $19 and $49 per month. 301w1o

"Now, all s will have access to our most popular features that include detailed analytics, profile customization and additional options, like video and private s.[...] We'll be rolling out a new feature every month starting in September to all SlideShare ," said Amit Sawhney, Product Manager, SlideShare, and the company btroducing the new Analytics features.

We're rolling out 4 free features for all SlideShare s! Here are the features you can look forward to: http://t.co/YY24Kx4Mwz
-- SlideShare (@SlideShare) August 20, 2014

The company is no longer accepting SlideShare PRO s and existing subscribers will continue to have access to the features after August 20, which is when the subscription fee ends.

LinkedIn had acquired SlideShare (founded in 2006) in May 2012 for $118.8 million. "Presentations are one of the main ways in which professionals capture and share their experiences and knowledge, which in turn helps shape their professional identity," said LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, on the acquisition.

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