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With Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn now complete, hints of what the future holds for the business networking site are beginning to emerge.
Yesterday, announcing the closing of the $26.2 billion acquisition, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner blogged publicly about a message he sent to employees. In it, he reassured them and customers and members that “our day-to-day operations will essentially remain unchanged.”
He went on to offer a peek at some of the ways Microsoft and LinkedIn will integrate their products:
Weiner didn’t provide any details, explaining more will be shared in the coming months.
However, there’s been much speculation in the last few weeks about the possibilities. LinkedIn fueled the buzz this week by removing its search filters within its premium product.
My colleague, Shannon Pritchett, editor of SourceCon, detailed some of the speculation and discussion in an article posted there, including news of a likely new design for LinkedIn that could be in place as soon as next week.