marissamayr:

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! 

We promise not to screw it up.  Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.  We will operate Tumblr independently.  David Karp will remain CEO.  The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve.  Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.

Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs.  With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world.  Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month.  On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day.  Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network.  The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.

In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love.  In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences.  The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.

As I’ve said before, companies are all about people.  Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing.  I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them.  That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met.  He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with.  His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.   

Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.

http://yahoo.tumblr.com/

We love our Richmond Tumblr office!

mobelux:

We’ve been hunkered down in the office completing a number of projects, planning and chatting about a few things this week.

1) Lot’s of interesting news coming out of Google I/O including Google Play Music All Access, a Samsung-less Galaxy S4, a Racer game & more immediately useful, a…

Mobelux weekly review includes rumblings about Tumblr and Yahoo.

liannakristine:

Do you love whiskey? Do you love beards? Do you love helping the Richmond community?

Tumblr is donating this awesome Beard Kit to the RVA Beard League’s silent auction at the Mid-Atlantic Beard and ‘Stache Championships tomorrow, April 27th, to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Richmond, VA!

The Beard Kit includes:

• Small batch Bulleit Rye Whiskey
• Custom “Dr. Tumblr’s Beard Tonic” flask
• Tumblers (whoa, I haven’t typed that word with an “e” in awhile) and whiskey stones set
• Signed Tumblr tee from David Karp
• Other great Tumblr goodies!

Come hang out, talk Tumblr and beards, and support great RVA organizations!

Cool gift. 

tessshebaylo:

Oh you’re welcome @ie_rva. Let the #startup competition begin! #rva #ie_rva #tumblr (at CenterStage)

liannakristine:

Oh hey, I know those people! (at CenterStage)

liannakristine:

A tiny, ceramic “balloon” Dino came to challenge our OG Dino at the office today. OG Dino took pity and let him stick around.

Baby Dino comes from Brett Kern!

Dino battle in the RVA Tumblr offices. We understand it ended peacefully. 

(via cynicalidealist)

From the official tournament director:

Greetings and happy Maundy Thursday to everyone from The Corrugated Box Official Committee for the Oversight of Office Wide Gambling Affairs (CBOCOOWGA, for short).  The sweet 16 games are tonight, so I thought I’d check in with an update. 

 Thanks to everyone who is participating this year. 

It was a wild first weekend that has 3north’s resident Brit, Lissa Halliday at the top of the leaderboard entering the second weekend.  You would think that her origins would have her picking against the French, but she has them (LaSalle) winning it all.  This being somewhat unlikely (because the French are terrible at basketball), Tumblr’s Jim Coe “Laws” is standing strong in 2^nd, but his faith in Gonzaga and VCU leaves him vulnerable to be passed in the coming rounds.  3north’s own Nathan “Krush” Gruver rounds out the top 3 with a solid bracket and Louisville as his champion (I think they’re still the odds on favorite to win).  In the always exhilarating race for last place, circle S studio’s Katie Wright is leading, but with Louisville as her overall winner and few other teams still alive, I see her crawling up a few spots by the end.

 If I were a betting man (and I am, just not a very good one), I would keep an eye on and Erin Webb “of lies” and Scott “narrow hips” Broaddus for the top spot (not sure if that last nickname worked – see if it sinks in).  They both have live brackets with a lot of points to be had and favorites (Indiana and Louisville, respectively) for their champions.

Best,

 Danny MacNelly

High Constable

 CBOCOOWGA

St. Christopher’s School Headmaster Charley Stillwell brought his x-term class to the Corrugated Box Building to meet with company founders and leaders at 3north, Mobelux, Tumblr, circle S studio, and CO+LAB.

Pictured above, Alex Schettine (left), of VoteGuide, explains the launch of his new site. 

liannakristine:

This is where we work and play and make stuff and email users and try our very best to make Tumblr wonderful. 

An amazing spot here in Manchester RVA. 

laughingsquid:

Tumblr: David Karp’s $800 Million Art Project

Nice honor for a frequent visitor to the CBox Building here in #RVA.