Source: Voices | All Things Digital
Thanks to Quartz’s Zach Seward for jogging my memory about this oldie and goodie: Tumblr’s David Karp in a video interview taped in 2007, when he was 21, had 75,000 users and was talking about stuff like Digg, Fl ...
Full article at: Voices | All Things Digital
More like this 17 hours ago, 5:03pm CDT
Source: Reuters Blogs
Why might Yahoo want to buy Tumblr, as AllThingsD reported last night and Adweek confirmed this morning? Henry Blodget has a couple of ideas. For one thing, he says that “Yahoo wants to become hip and cool again, and Tumblr is ...
Full article at: Reuters Blogs
More like this 18 hours ago, 4:14pm CDT
Source: Silicon Alley Insider
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence that collects and delivers the top mobile industry news. It is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Yahoo Is Reportedly Exploring A ...
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More like this 20 hours ago, 2:08pm CDT
Source: death + taxes
Great job everyone! All those blog posts, GIFS and nudie pics have pushed Tumblr to the brink of a $1 billion dollar acquisition by Yahoo. All Things D reports that Yahoos new CEO Marissa Mayer has been closely wat ...
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More like this 1 day ago, 9:44am CDT
Source: Complex
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is pulling out all the stops to keep the company relevant, and a potential purchase of the social media network, Tumblr, may be on the table. According to sources, Mayer has made an offer of $1 bi ...
Full article at: Complex
More like this 1 day ago, 9:24am CDT
Source: Forbes Blogs
I cover media, technology and the intersection of the two. I reached out to Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp for comment but didn’t immediately hear back. When I interviewed Karp for a FORBES cover story o ...
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More like this 1 day ago, 9:20am CDT
Source: All Things Digital
It’s easy to argue against a Yahoo-Tumblr deal. Internet history is full of misguided M ...
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More like this 1 day ago, 9:10am CDT
Source: Forbes
The former Secretary of State herself even contributed to the humorous "Texts from Hillary" Tumblr. When Marisssa Mayer took the CEO job at Yahoo, the consensus — and I shared this belief – was that she instantly made Yahoo relevant agai ...
Full article at: Forbes
More like this 1 day ago, 9:01am CDT
Source: CNBC
Yahoo is trying really hard to be cool again and it's hoping that Tumblr can help. The Internet company is looking to align itself with the blogging site, either by investments or, perhaps, by acquisition, according to a recent report from All ...
Full article at: CNBC
More like this 1 day ago, 7:24am CDT
Source: Value Walk
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer is reported to be making a game-changing acquisition of the social networking site Tumblr Inc for a possible $1 billion. It is estimated that the deal could be for as high as $1 billion and this might bring the ...
Full article at: Value Walk
More like this 1 day ago, 6:45am CDT