“But they do continue to read documents, too.” “We get people who come in looking for documents, then sign up for our premium content,” he said. Scribd, meanwhile, launched a Netflix-style subscription service for e-books and audiobooks, but Adler said that both the “user-generated side” and the “premium side” remain important to the business.

Over time, the companies diverged even further, with SlideShare acquired by LinkedIn in 2012, and LinkedIn itself acquired by Microsoft in 2016. “The difference was, focused on more on PowerPoint presentations and business users, while we focused more on PDFs and Word docs and long-form written content, more on the general consumer.” “The two products always had kind of similar missions,” Adler said.

Scribd CEO Trip Adler argued that the two companies have very similar roots, both launching in 2006/ 2007 with stories on TechCrunch, and both of them focused on content- and document-sharing. SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price.Īccording to LinkedIn, Scribd will take over operation of the SlideShare business on September 24.

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