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Howdoo, a blockchain-based social media platform, aims to reshape online content delivery, CEO David Brierley told Benzinga.  A Platform For Creators Howdoo arose out of the realization that incumbent social media platforms fail to give creators proper ownership and compensation for their...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reached an agreement to sell Tumblr to WordPress.com owner Automattic for a "nominal amount," The Wall Street Journal reported. What Happened Verizon acquired Tumblr as part of its 2017 acquisition of Yahoo's media properties to build its own...

In recent years, struggling companies have turned more and more to outsiders when looking for a direction change at the CEO position. These companies are hoping the past leadership success will translate to the struggling company as well. Unfortunately, there are plenty of times that these outsider...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) announced Thursday the discontinuation of Vine. While the company said it’d be keeping the six-second video site online, allowing people to still view or download vines, the end of the app means the end of new Vine content. And so ends Twitter's foray into...

Alex Gurevich, CIO of HonTe Investments, recently wrote a Tumblr post addressing the journey that cash has made as an investment since the Financial Crisis. With the S&P 500 making new all-time highs, some investors are growing leery of the stock market’s lofty valuation. How 'Safe' Is...

When Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquired Tumblr back in 2013, Tumblr was one of the hottest companies on the Internet. However, as Mashable’s Seth Fiegerman reported, Yahoo’s subsequent mismanagement of Tumblr has prevented the multimedia blogging site from coming close to its full...

According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)'s senior vice president who oversees publisher products has accepted part of the blame for the company's recent revenue miss. The Wall Street Journal quoted Yahoo's Simon Khalaf as saying he is "partly to blame" for Yahoo's fourth-...

Indonesia announced it would ban Tumblr and 477 other websites for their “pornographic content,” according to a statement made Wednesday by Azhar Hashim, a director of the country’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Jakarta Globe reported. The decision...

Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) were trading lower by 1.5 percent early Wednesday morning following the release of the company's fourth quarter results. Yahoo reported after Tuesday's close that it earned $0.13 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $1.273 billion. Wall...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) offered a live stream of Sunday's NFL game featuring the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills. Yahoo's streaming offering attracted 15.2 million unique viewers, 33 percent of which were international users. Yahoo partnered with more than 30 top...

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI) traded lower Friday after Barron's drew attention to an investment researcher's recent Tumblr post suggesting "the shares will collapse." A Lot Going On In The Kinderverse The Houston-based energy infrastructure company traded recently at 39.05, down nearly 2 percent...

In a report published Monday, Bank of America analyst Justin Post argued that Tumblr could be "more relevant" for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) post-Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) spinoff. Tumblr is a blogging service that allows bloggers to more easily follow others, and Yahoo is starting to...

As the countdown for the net-neutrality vote begins, David Karp, founder and CEO of Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) Tumblr was on CNBC recently to share his views on the topic. Net Neutrality And Innovation When asked if he thought net-neutrality rules would slow down the Internet and...