In 2019, the site announced that users accessing LinkedIn Learning through their public library would be required to create a LinkedIn profile in order to use the service the decision faced criticism from librarians and the American Library Association. In October 2017, was merged and renamed LinkedIn Learning. The acquisition was completed on December 8, 2016.

On June 13, 2016, Microsoft announced that it would acquire 's parent company LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. In 2016, began to broadcast courses on their Apple TV application. On April 9, 2015, LinkedIn announced its intention to buy in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, which officially closed on May 14, 2015.

On January 14, 2015, announced it had raised $186 million in financing, led by investment group TPG Capital. In 2013, received its first outside investment, raising $103 million in growth equity from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, with additional contributions from Meritech Capital Partners. By 2004, there were 100 courses, and in 2008, the company began producing and publishing documentaries on creative leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs. In 2002, the company began offering courses online. LinkedIn Learning was founded as in 1995 in Ojai, California, as online support for the books and classes of Lynda Weinman, a special effects animator and multimedia professor who founded a digital arts school with her husband, artist Bruce Heavin. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in December 2016. It was founded in 1995 by Lynda Weinman as before being acquired by LinkedIn in 2015.

All the courses on LinkedIn fall into four categories: Business, Creative, Technology and Certifications. It provides video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. LinkedIn Learning is an American online learning provider.

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