Social | How Yahoo Will Wring $1.1B Out of Tumblr
Yahoo is paying $ 1.1 billion to acquire the hip blog network Tumblr. Here’s exactly how much advertising needs to be sold, across three different categories, to make the deal pencil. Wired Business More...
Tumblr and Yahoo: Everyone’s Rich and Everyone Loses
Despite all the excited shouting, there’s nothing particularly cheerful about Yahoo’s maternal adoption of David Karp. Users are whining, investors are disappointed, pundits are ever-unimpressed, and More...
Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and ‘Not Screw It Up’
At eight o’clock this morning — eastern time, before most of its West Coast-centric workforce even woke up — Yahoo announced it is going to buy Tumblr for $ 1.1 billion in cash. There was a press release, More...
It’s (Mostly) Official: Yahoo Buying Tumblr Youth Serum for $1.1B
Cash! The WSJ says "the Yahoo board has approved a deal" to make this happen, and it’s hard to imagine Tumblr turning this down. One of the most unpopular companies in the world will soon own one More...
Yahoo has Trouble Telling John Krasinski and John Singleton Apart
Last night, Yahoo rushed to post news of "The Office" star John Krasinski’s addition to the "Arrested Development" cast for its upcoming Netflix run. Instead, Yahoo ended up laying bare its More...
Markets | Yahoo Buys Coolness From Teenager for $30M
Yahoo spent a reported $ 30 million on Summly, a staggering sum for a teenager’s 5-month-old app. But Summly could help Yahoo seem relevant again. Wired Business More...
Big Tech | Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Evan Williams Will ‘Think Bigger’ at Wired Business Conference
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will be among those taking the stage May 7 at the Wired Business Conference in New York City, a day of ideas and conversations orbiting the theme “think bigger.” Wired Business More...
Big Tech | Marissa Mayer’s No-Working-From-Home Rule Is Stupid — Or It Could Save Yahoo
As much as people love to hate on Yahoo for its many missteps, it’s hard to believe one of the planet’s most intensely scrutinized CEOs just wants to lord over a campus full of cubicle drones. Wired More...
Digital Content | A New Front Page For Yahoo Suggests a New Strategy
One of the Internet’s oldest destinations is new again. Yahoo launched a new home page on Wednesday, with a design intended to deliver a consistent experience across the desktop, tablets, and phones that More...
Social | Marissa Mayer Hints That Yahoo Could Go Social
Yahoo’s CEO says the company should make it easier for users to share and talk with one another. Wired Business More...