Yahoo purchases Tumblr for $1.1 billion - Promises not to screw it up

[advil0]

[quote]Yahoo has officially announced that it will acquire Tumblr in a $1.1 billion cash deal expected to close in the second half of the year, and will keep Tumblr's David Karp on as CEO. "Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up," Yahoo says in its press release, "Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business." In one of its first acts of business, Yahoo has moved its official blog to yahoo.tumblr.com.[/quote]

Source: [url]http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/20/4347650/yahoo-acquires-tumblr-in-1-1-billion-cash-deal-promises-not-to-screw[/url]

It was also accompanied by an animated GIF

[img]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2648397/tumblryahoo.gif[/img]

[fruxodaily]

[QUOTE]"Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business."[/QUOTE]

Oh thank god, now everyone can fucking shut up

[Laika]

just screw it up, please

[duck]

Sorry babe you're a day late: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1271699[/url]

although you do have a better source, I'll add the beeb to the OP of that one

[advil0]

[QUOTE=leach139;40716268]Sorry babe you're a day late: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1271699[/url]

although you do have a better source, I'll add the beeb to the OP of that one[/QUOTE]

This is an official announcement, yours was WSJ getting info from sources, no official confirmation.

[Humer150]

trigger warning on those flashing colours please they gave me a rape flashback and ive never been raped

[Minilandstan]

Now I can check my privileges online through my yahoo email account!

[Key_in_skillee]

please don't take down my favorite tumblr :(

[Rimbas]

[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;40719111]please don't take down my favorite tumblr :([/QUOTE]

Don't worry, they allowed porn

[Corn]

Hello, I'm tumblr and my hobbies include feminism, checking privileges, and veganism