9 Best Articles in 2022
The Wall Street Journal
Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress Owner
The Wall Street Journal
2 min read · From 2019 · Verizon has agreed to sell its blogging website Tumblr to the owner of popular online-publishing tool WordPress, unloading for a nominal amount a site that once fetched a purchase price of more than…
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The Verge
Tumblr will let you ditch its terrible ads for $4.99 a month
The Verge
2 min read · Feb 24th · Ad-free Tumblr is just a few clicks away, if you’re interested
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New York Magazine
Tumblr’s Unclear Future Shows That There’s No Money in Internet Culture
New York Magazine
5 min read · From 2017 · The future of Tumblr is still an open question. The site is enormously popular among the coveted youth crowd — that’s partly why then-CEO Marissa Mayer paid $1 billion for the property in 2013 — but despite a user base near the size of Instagram’s, Tumblr never quite figured out how to make money at the level Facebook has led managers and shareholders to expect.
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The Verge
Exclusive: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what’s next for Tumblr
The Verge
~18 min read · From 2019 · Blogging is back, hopefully
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TechCrunch
Tumblr launches a tip jar feature to help bloggers make a buck
TechCrunch
2 min read · Feb 9th · Tumblr is launching its second attempt at a monetization feature today. Rolling out in the U.S. now and soon globally, Tumblr Tips will let bloggers receive one-time payments from their supporters.…
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The Verge
Young people still love Twitter — as screenshots on Instagram
The Verge
4 min read · From 2018 · Content from Twitter or Tumblr finds new, remixed life on Instagram
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The Verge
Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
The Verge
6 min read · From 2018 · The ban includes explicit sexual content and nudity with some exceptions.
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Mashable
How Yahoo derailed Tumblr
Mashable
~13 min read · From 2016 · Marissa Mayer was running late. This time, it wasn’t for a dinner with skeptical advertisers nor a conference call with her inner circle of Yahoo executives. She was late for a rare meeting with much ...
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CJR
Could WordPress + Tumblr create an alternative to Facebook?
CJR
7 min read · From 2019 · When Verizon announced earlier this week that it was selling Tumblr, the blogging platform Yahoo acquired in 2013 for $1.1 billion, most of the attention focused on the price: according to Axios, the…
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StoryLab.ai
Tumblr Caption Generator. Powered by AI [Start for Free]
StoryLab.ai
1 min read · Jun 21st · Tumblr is a vibrant community of likeminded people. In order to engage your following and new audiences that have never heard about you before you need two things: Great creatives (images or videos)…
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The Conversation
Tumblr’s enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web’s cultural memory
The Conversation
5 min read · Jun 15th · Despite a mass exodus of users in 2018, Tumblr continues to be a place that fosters fandom and subcultures. Now, Gen Zers searching for a dose of early-2010s internet nostalgia are signing up.
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The Verge
Tumblr is adding a feature to disable reblogs of posts
The Verge
1 min read · Jun 2nd · Users now have the option to turn off all reblogs on a post.
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Indie Hackers
Get Started with An AI-Powered Tumblr Caption Generator And Get Copy Ideas Fast.
Indie Hackers
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1 min read · From 2019 · Those of you who’ve followed my Tumblr over the years have probably come to expect a mix of travel photos and the occasional link to my WordPress blog. Well, today is different. I’m delighted to…
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Gizmodo
Tumblr's Porn Filter Flags Its Own Examples of 'Permitted' Nudity
Gizmodo
1 min read · From 2018 · According to Tumblr, its new adult content ban doesn’t effect images of “female-presenting nipples” that involve medical situations, are related to political speech, or appear in artwork. Tumblr itself, however, apparently can’t come up with four examples of this its porn filter actually allows.
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TechCrunch
Automattic raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures
TechCrunch
2 min read · From 2019 · Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and soon Tumblr, has closed a $300 million funding round at a $3 billion post-money valuation. The Series D round has a single investor,…
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The New Republic
The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens
The New Republic
20+ min read · From 2016 · How Tumblr's most popular teen comedy geniuses struck it rich—then lost it all.
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Mashable
From Tumblr girl to engineer: How the platform inspired a generation of women to code
Mashable
5 min read · Feb 15th · Young women were lured to Tumblr by fandom and fashion. Now they've turned coding into a career.
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The Atlantic
How the Snowflakes Won
The Atlantic
~13 min read · Feb 1st · The soft, sad freaks on an unprofitable website claimed victory in the battle for the internet’s soul and defined the worldview of a generation.
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Axios
Verizon agrees to sell Tumblr to owner of Wordpress
Axios
1 min read · From 2019 · Yahoo acquired the company in 2013 for $1.1 billion.
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TechCrunch
Tumblr Overtakes Instagram As Fastest-Growing Social Platform,…
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2014 · With 1.35 billion active monthly users, Facebook continues to be the world’s largest social network by some margin, but when it comes to picking up new users, it appears to have reached a…
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EFF
Dear Tumblr: Banning "Adult Content" Won't Make Your Site Better But It Will Harm Sex-Positive Communities
EFF
6 min read · From 2018 · Social media platform Tumblr has announced a ban on so-called “adult content,” a move made, it seems, in reaction to Tumblr’s app being removed from the Apple app store. But while making the app more…
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