Yahoo acquires Tumblr in $1.1 billion cash deal, ‘promises not to screw it up’

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.

많은 분들이 알고 계시겠지만 야후가 텀블러를 먹었습니다. 대체 어디에 쓰려고 먹었는지에 대해서는 아직도 논란이 분분합니다만.. 어째 제가 블로그 옮기는 곳마다 이러니 이것도 아이러니하네요.(첫 블로그였던 이글루스는 SKP에 먹히고..)