Seth Fiegerman says, “LinkedIn is buying Newsle, a web app for surfacing news about people in your network, the two companies announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

Newsle was founded three years ago and had about two million users at the time of the acquisition. The startup, which had raised more than $2 million in funding, uses machine learning algorithms and natural language processing to highlight news about your connections on Facebook and LinkedIn.

“LinkedIn and Newsle share a common goal: We both want to provide professional insights that make you better at what you do,” Ryan Roslansky, head of content products at LinkedIn, wrote in a blog post announcing the deal. “For example, knowing more about the people in your network”.

LinkedIn Buys Newsle to Show Relevant News About People in Your Network

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