A lot of the focus in online education — and, let’s face it, education overall — has been about professional development for knowledge workers, education for K-12 and how best to del
Before the coronavirus made edtech more relevant, companies in the sector were historically likely to see slow, low exits. Despite successful IPOs by 2U, Chegg and Instructure in the United States, pu
With a large proportion of knowledge workers doing now doing their jobs from home, the need for tools to help them feel connected to their profession can be as important as tools to, more practically,
Two hackers who stole millions of users’ data from ride-hailing firm Uber have been indicted on separate hacking charges related to a data breach at online learning portal Lynda, two people fami
After Facebook and Twitter reported mixed results this week, LinkedIn today was the latest of the social networks to report its Q1 earnings. The company, which has over 350 million users globally, po
Professional network LinkedIn is getting into the professional skills education market in a big way: The social company purchased Lynda.com, the online learning company founded in 1995 by technical sk
<a target="_blank" href="http://lynda.com">Lynda.com</a>, the online education platform that raised its first and only round of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/after-17-years-education-plat
Back in May, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/03/lynda-70m/">we shared the unique story of Lynda.com</a>, the veteran, video-based education platform, and how it was able to generate $70 millio
On the whole, teacher compensation in the U.S. is embarrassing. To pick on marketers, some might see the fact that the <a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/marketing-manager-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.h
Content companies have struggled to monetize on the Web, and there has been plenty of debate over the effectiveness of paywalls. What's more, tech startups really can't seem to rush fast enough into t