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May 20, 2013, 8:57 AM PDT. David Karp, founder and CEO of Tumblr Davidslog.com. Today, Yahoo announced its $1.1 billion all-cash acquisition of social blogging platform, Tumblr....
June 20, 2013. Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr is a done deal. In a Thursday Tumblr post, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced that the Web giant has officially completed its acquisition of Tumblr....
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May 20, 2013 · Yahoo announced a $1.1 billion deal for blogging site Tumblr early Monday, and said it "promises not to screw it up." The deal, which had been rumored since last Thursday, will help Yahoo to tap ...
- Is Yahoo Going to Ruin Tumblr’s Underbelly (The Tumblrbelly, If You will)?
- What About Fandom, Free Speech, and Copyright?
- What About Yahoo’s Horrible Track Record? Geocities? Flickr?!
- So You’Re Saying I Have Nothing to Worry About?
It’s no secret that Tumblr isn’t your average social network. It’s a blogging platform that found its footing in encouraging creation over comments. It’s home to much of the Internet’s weirdest places; places that are essentially inside jokes between the writers and readers – it’s a community made of communities made of communities. There are infin...
If for some crazy reason you thought that the Yahoo buyout meant that all the quirky-to-mind-baffling fandom pockets of Tumblr we’re going to be wiped away … then you are an adorable, adorable simpleton. Did you know that gullible is written on the ceiling? Did you look?! Oh man, you so did! Now that I’m done being a huge jerk, here’s the deal: Yah...
That is more than fair … and what scares me most is that many concerned Tumblr users don’t even know what GeoCities is (which makes me feel like this). Back in 1999 (WHEN I WAS 12) Yahoo bought GeoCities for $3.87 billion in stock options. This is what the press releasesaid: Internet search engine Yahoo! Inc. confirmed Thursday it will buy GeoCitie...
Slow down there, pard’ner. I said no such thing. There’s tons to worry about! But it’s all the intangibilities: Tumblr is this weird little hole of the Internet; everyone keeps talking about how Yahoo bought Tumblr because it wants to be cooler – and while, sure, Tumblr iscool, that’s just a by-product of its core. Really, Tumblr is home to all sor...
TCG is listed as an investor in Tumblr, which WSJ.com reported on May 19, 2013, would be sold to Yahoo for US$1.1 Billion. On December 2, 2013, TCG announced that they had acquired the anime streaming site Crunchyroll in an effort to expand their online video assets.
- May 29, 1951 (age 72), Harrison, New York, U.S.
- Chairman and CEO, The Chernin Group (TCG)
Aug 12, 2019 · Verizon announced a deal to sell Tumblr — the blogging site Yahoo acquired for $1.1 billion six years ago — to Automattic, the company that owns and operates online-publishing site...
Jul 6, 2022 · Chernin, who once ran Fox Filmed Entertainment and produced 'Ford v Ferrari' and 'Hidden Figures,' is combining his movie and TV assets into a firm with $800 million in equity and debt financing.
