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Marissa Ann Mayer (born on 30 May 1975) is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at American search engine company Google. She acts as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when or whether a particular Google product is ready to be released to users. She has become one of the public faces of Google, providing a number of press interviews and appearing at events frequently to speak on behalf of the company.

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Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and Update Flickr

Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and Update Flickr
The CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer has decided to buy the social micro-blogging site known as Tumblr. She also plans on updating Flickr for her company’s sake. Both these transactions are rumored to take place in an event set for Monday.
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From high school drop-out to billionaire

Source: Stuff.co.nz

Five years ago, tech prodigy David Karp was determined that the business he founded in his mother's small New York apartment would not be absorbed by a multinational firm. "We would really rather not be gobbled up by a big media company," t ...
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Tumblr Is a Win for Yahoo!

Source: WalletPop

AllThingsD is reporting that Yahoo!'s board of directors has approved an all-cash deal to buy the social blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. At first glance, purchasing a company for more than a billion dollars with only $13 milli ...
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Yahoo pledges 'not to screw up' Tumblr deal

Source: 10Connects.com

The pledge is a direct acknowledgment of the Internet giant's spotty record as a start-up acquirer. But the Tumblr deal, Yahoo estimates, will boost Yahoo's audience 50% to more than 1 billion monthly visitors (about 700 million f ...
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Yahoo! to Purchase Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Source: Windowsit Pro

Struggling online giant Yahoo! this morning revealed its plans to purchase Tumblr, a blogging service with more than 300 million unique users. In a quirky press release, the firm said it wouldn’t “screw it up,” and would instead allow Tumblr to b ...
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Yahoo must learn from past M&A mistakes

Source: CNN/Money

Marissa Mayer is thrilled that Yahoo scored blogging site Tumblr, but she'll have to overcome a long history of failed Yahoo buyouts. Newly minted Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is on a buying spree, however, and she is determined to ...
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10 Tumblrs We Really Hope Marissa Mayer/Yahoo Don't "Screw Up"

Source: Cosmopolitan

It's official. Yahoo has bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Yes, the notably uncool tech giant is snapping up the online version of hipster heaven. Now before you freak the eff out, Tumblr CEO David Karp and Ya ...
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Yahoo! Buys Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Yahoo! has reached an agreement to buy social media company Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the companies announced Monday. Tumblr will remain a separate, independently operated business under current CEO David Karp, according to Ya ...
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