CNBC and LinkedIn announce a partnership.

The business-and-networking oriented social net will be a distribution vector for the business channel, while providing social-networking capabilities for CNBC.com. LinkedIn content, including user surveys, will appear on CNBC.

Social Times says the deal "highlights the increasing cooperation between social networks and traditional media outlets as both parties try to explore a nascent area in new media." Staci Kramer says it's unclear "what the two have to gain financially beyond exposure to each other's domestic and international audiences."