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That Time Marissa Mayer Stormed Out Of A Meeting After A Blogging Acquisition (YHOO)
Influential blogger Dave Winer does not believe all the things Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is saying about letting "Tumblr be Tumblr." The source of his skepticism is a meeting he had with Mayer back in 2003. Back then, Google bought a blogging company called Blogger. Show More Summary
GOOGLE-YOUTUBE VETERAN: OK, Marissa Mayer, Here's How To Not Screw Up Tumblr (GOOG, YHOO)
Wall Street analysts and Yahoo shareholders are worried that Yahoo is going to screw up Tumblr, its $1.1 billion acquisition. They are worried because Yahoo, and big Internet companies in general, have a history of paying a lot for startups and then killing their momentum. Show More Summary
LIVE: Marissa Mayer Talks About Yahoo Products In New York (YHOO)
Yahoo is hosting product event in New York today at 4:30 P.M. eastern. Here's the live stream: Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story »
Now David Karp Has A Funny GIF About The Yahoo-Tumblr Deal (YHOO)
Marissa Mayer used a fun GIF in her announcement of Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr, and Tumblr founder David Karp is firing back with one of his own. Here it is, playfully addressing her work-from-home controversy as well as Tumblr's alleged "porn problem." Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story »
Marissa Mayer Just Bought A Ton Of Porn Blogs, But It's Not A Problem (YHOO)
Yes, Tumblr has porn. While it hasn't said how much of its site is pornographic material, it's enough that just about every knucklehead on the Internet has commented about Tumblr's many porn blogs. Tumblr's porn content makes some people...Show More Summary
Yes, Yahoo! Will Stuff Tumblr Full Of Ads (YHOO)
Tumblr CEO David Karp and Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer both said the same thing in their blog announcements of the deal: We promise not to screw up Tumblr. Clearly, that possibility is close to the top of their minds. One reason that's so is because Yahoo! will likely begin stuffing Tumblr full of ads. Show More Summary
Marissa Mayer Explains How Yahoo Will Make Money With Tumblr (YHOO)
Marissa Mayer laid out Yahoo's plan to monetize Tumblr's giant audience. From our live blog: Mayer says that Yahoo released "Yahoo Stream Ads" in May, which take text ads and put them in the news stream on Yahoo.com. She says you can expect more of that on Tumblr. Show More Summary
LIVE: Marissa Mayer Talks About Buying Tumblr For $1.1 Billion
Yahoo is hosting a conference call to discuss its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr. We're taking live notes below. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story »
Here's The GIF Marissa Mayer Used To Announce The Yahoo-Tumblr Deal On Tumblr (YHOO)
Marissa Mayer has her own Tumblr where, appropriately enough, she announced the Tumblr deal with a GIF: Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story »
Buying Tumblr, Mayer Promises 'Not To Screw It Up,' Will Let It Run Independently (YHOO)
Yahoo just announced that it is buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Tumblr CEO David Karp and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer are taking great pains to assure Tumblr users that they will not "screw up" Tumblr after the acquisition. In his blog post...Show More Summary
MARISSA MAYER: Here's Why I Just Bought Tumblr For $1.1 Billion (YHOO)
Yahoo just bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer explained her move in a Tumblr blog post. It reads: Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !! I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! We promise not to screw it up. Show More Summary
Yahoo's Board Approves $1.1 Billion Purchase Of Tumblr (YHOO)
Yahoo's board approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. Previous reports said that Tumblr's board had okayed Yahoo buying Tumblr, so it looks like it's a done deal. Marissa Mayer has made her first big move as CEO of Yahoo. Show More Summary
These Are Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer's Favorite Designer Labels (YHOO)
Marissa Mayer is known for her poise as a leader, formerly at Google and now as CEO of Yahoo! But she's also known for her fashion sense. She's has made appearances at New York Fashion Week, for instance, and at Glamor magazine's Woman of the Year event. Show More Summary
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Scheduled A Mysterious Press Conference For Monday (YHOO)
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will make some kind of an announcement on Monday. The press conference was first tweeted by CNBC, and confirmed by other publications. Obviously, some people think that Mayer will announce that Yahoo is buying Tumblr for as much as $1.1 billion. Show More Summary
Yahoo Will Start Integrating Tweets Into Its News Feed (YHOO)
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just announced a new partnership with Twitter to bring tweets to Yahoo.com's news feed. That means you're going to start seeing tweets from politicians, celebrities, media outlets, and other publishers on your Yahoo homepage. Show More Summary
Marissa Mayer's Acquisition Strategy Will Ruin Yahoo Employee Morale, Says VC (YHOO)
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer believes her company needs more talented and enterpreneurial engineers and product managers. (She's right!) So, for the last six months or so, Mayer has been acquiring small, failed mobile startups for small amounts of money, turning off their products, and integrating their teams into Yahoo's larger workforce. Show More Summary
Marissa Mayer Just Made Her Most Impressive Hire Yet, Poaching A Star Exec From A Fast-Growing Startup (YHOO)
One reason Yahoo's board hired Marissa Mayer to be the company's CEO last summer was that board members hoped her star power would enable Yahoo to hire talented people away from other Silicon Valley companies. And, in the months since, Mayer has indeed made recruiting talent into the company a top priority. Show More Summary
Marissa Mayer Has Turned Yahoo Into 'A Safe Haven' For Failed Startups
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Yahoo's Search Business Sounds Like It's Pretty Much Hosed (YHOO, MSFT)
CEO Marissa Mayer wants to break Yahoo's search deal with Microsoft, Amir Efrati at the Wall Street Journal reports. Unfortunately for her, it's not happening, not until 2015 at the earliest, according to Efrati. A source tells him that Yahoo signed a 10-year search deal with Microsoft. Show More Summary
10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (YHOO, GOOG, AAPL, TMUS)
Ready for some news? Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has met with Hulu execs about potentially buying the video streaming site. Four guys just bought a mountain for $40 million and plan to hold startup conferences there. Michael Arrington's VC firm CrunchFund is seeing a 20% to 30% internal rate return on its investments. Show More Summary