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LinkedIn Joins Bloomberg and The Washington Post for First Economic Debate on October 11th

"With over 14 million unemployed Americans, and the unemployment rate averaging at 9.2 percent over the last 12 months, jobs and restarting the economy will be the hot topics of this debate," said Andrew Morse, head of U.S. television for Bloomberg. "Who better to bring into the conversation than LinkedIn, the company that truly has its finger on the pulse of today's modern workforce."

Last week, LinkedIn gave its members an opportunity to participate in a conversation about job creation and putting America back to work during a Town Hall with President Obama. In the coming days, LinkedIn will leverage this platform and community to gauge specific economic topics of interest for the Republican candidate debate. LinkedIn members can participate here: http://linkd.in/GOPdebate

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will be asked questions based exclusively on jobs, debt, deficits, taxes, trade, and other key issues voters deem most important as it pertains to the economy.

The debate, moderated by Charlie Rose, alongside The Washington Post Karen Tumulty and Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman, will be broadcast live on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio and WBIN-TV in New Hampshire. It will also be available to viewers via livestream on Bloomberg.com and washingtonpost.com.

Be a part of the Bloomberg/The Washington Post debate conversation on Twitter with #EconDebate and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BloombergTelevision and http://facebook.com/washingtonpost.

Learn more about the debate here: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/76202680/

To find Bloomberg Television in your area, visit http://bloomberg.viewerlink.tv/

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FOR BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg
Lauren Meller, +1 212-617-8185
lmeller@bloomberg.net
or
FOR LINKEDIN
LinkedIn
Hani Durzy, +1 650-605-0829
hdurzy@linkedin.com