LinkedIn launches a global freelance services marketplace to compete with Fiverr and Upwork.
They previously ran a quiet US beta of their "Service Marketplace" and got 2M users (out of their 800M total users). It lets people advertise themselves for short-term engagements to those looking to hire people for such roles. Service Marketplace is not currently charging any fees and is launching with 250 job categories, planning to expand to 500. Link