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USA Daily Bulletin – 20/05/13

By Millennium TradersYahoo! Inc. (YHOO: NASDAQ) announced on Monday, the purchase of Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The move is to expand Yahoo’s user base, particularly among young people as well as translating growth into more revenue from online ads. Yahoo ... [Published Shares Investment - 6 hours ago]
First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 2 reports

WordPress CEO claims 72,000 blogs defected from Tumblr after Yahoo acquisition news

WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg has spoken out in an attempt to capitalize on Yahoo's rumored $1.1 billion acquisition of rival blogging service Tumblr. He claims that once the news had broken on Sunday, defections from Tumblr to his own site had risen from ... [Published Engadget - 19 hours ago]
First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Yahoo Faces Questions on $1.1 Billion Tumblr Acqusition

11:10 AM New York – U.S. stocks traded near flat lines on merger Monday. Precious metals linked companies declined for the sixth day in a row as speculators exit commodities markets. Warner Chilcott agreed to a merger with Actavis for $8.5 billion. Yahoo ... [Published 123Jump - 13 hours ago]
First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 5 reports

Yahoo's most expensive acquisitions

Yahoo has completed more than 50 acquisitions during the past 16 years. Its $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr ranks as its fourth most expensive and the priciest in terms of the amount of cash involved.The only three that cost more, Yahoo's 1999 acquisitions ... [Published AZCentral.com - 7 hours ago]
First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr for a Billion Dollars

According to multiple reports, Yahoo will buy social blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. As CNBC points out, Yahoo has a reputation for making high-dollar acquisitions ($35 million for Flickr, $3.6 billion for GeoCities, $5.7 billion for ... [Published Relevant Magazine - 16 hours ago]
First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Yahoo buys Tumblr and Mayer “promises not to screw it up” like past deals

After Yahoo acquired Tumblr for a reported $1.1 billion ? Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took to – what else? – Tumblr to announce the deal :“We promise not to screw it up.  Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.  We will operate Tumblr independently.  ... [Published PandoDaily - 16 hours ago]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Yahoo confirms $1.1bn Tumblr acquisition

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has promised not to "screw up" its acquisition of blogging network Tumblr. Photo by Justin Sullivan/) Internet giant Yahoo has confirmed that it is to acquire blogging network Tumblr for about $1.1 billion (€ 856m), ... [Published Irish Times - 17 hours ago]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The five biggest Yahoo acquisitions till date and where they are today

The Yahoo board has just given nod to CEO Marissa Mayer's plans to acquire publishing platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion. This would be company's biggest acquisition in almost 10 years, and the fourth biggest overall, as far as the validation of the deal ... [Published NDTV - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Not your typical multimillionaire

As a man who loves tinned spaghetti hoops, drives a six-year-old car, and holds meetings over a burger at McDonald's, it is fair to say that Aaron Levie is not your average multimillionaire.He lives in a modest apartment, doesn't take holidays and, at ... [Published BBC - May 20 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Yahoo To Buy Tumblr For US$1 Billion?

With over 117 million hits in April alone, 107.8 million blogs, 50.6 billion posts and predictions of a $100 million revenue this year it is no wonder Tumblr is seen to be the apple of Yahoo’s eye!Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is keen to nab the attention of ... [Published Lipstiq.com - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Yahoo reportedly nearing $1.1 billion deal to acquire Tumblr

Yahoo is on the brink of acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, according to a new report. All Things D, which first broke the news that a deal was in the works, says Tumblr's board will meet on Sunday to consider an all-cash offer for the popular ... [Published The Verge - May 18 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

The Dumbest Words In New Media

URL Mark Cuban is chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. (He sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999 for $5.7 billion) He is the author of Recent Posts The Stock Market How many times have we heard someone talk about the future of media and ... [Published Business Insider - May 10 2013]

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"This may be out there for you," he said. "There's something about what she's doing that makes me believe she's positioning to sell this company three, four, five years from now and get that second chance Yahoo had with Microsoft. And I don't know if it would be Microsoft. Maybe it's her friends at Google. But to me it just looks like that's what she's doing."
"Tumblr is at the point where they do know what it is, and it makes sense to monetize it in a way that is very tasteful and seamless" Mayer said
"Yahoo's track record with acquisitions has been weak, but that was before current management" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth pointed out in a note to clients this week
"But we were confident, so we just wrote to potential investors. Because we were so confident in Box we had a high tolerance to people saying 'no'. It really didn't dampen our spirits."

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USA Daily Bulletin – 20/05/13 [Published Shares Investment - 6 hours ago]
Yahoo's most expensive acquisitions [Published AZCentral.com - 7 hours ago]
What Yahoo Bought with a Billion Dollars: Hope [Published New Yorker - 8 hours ago]
Yahoo’s Tumblr Deal ‘Tough to Swallow’: Porter ... [Published CNBC - 9 hours ago]
Yahoo's Other Billion Dollar Bets: Where Are Th... [Published KNAU - 10 hours ago]
10 Startups Marissa Mayer Bought Before Tumblr [Published Mergers & Acquisitions - 12 hours ago]
To Succeed With Tumblr, Yahoo Has to Reverse a ... [Published Benzinga.com - 13 hours ago]
Yahoo Faces Questions on $1.1 Billion Tumblr Ac... [Published 123Jump - 13 hours ago]
Yahoo must learn from past M&A mistakes [Published WDSU New Orleans - 13 hours ago]
Yahoo CEO Details Reasons Behind $1.1bn Tumblr ... [Published VR Zone - 14 hours ago]
Tumblr is Yahoo's largest cash purchase in long... [Published San Jose Mercury News - 14 hours ago]
Yahoo's $1.1bn Tumblr gamble is a power bet on ... [Published Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago]
Yahoo buys Tumblr and Mayer “promises not to sc... [Published PandoDaily - 16 hours ago]
Partners Have Stake in Yahoo’s Tumblr Buy [Published Channelnomics - 16 hours ago]
Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr for a Billion Dollars [Published Relevant Magazine - 16 hours ago]
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1-billion, vows ‘not t... [Published Financial Post | Business » FP Tech Desk - 17 hours ago]
Yahoo confirms $1.1bn Tumblr acquisition [Published Irish Times - 17 hours ago]
Yahoo's $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr ranks as c... [Published Washington Post - 18 hours ago]
Yahoo’s Mayer to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion in... [Published Bloomberg - 18 hours ago]
WordPress CEO claims 72,000 blogs defected from... [Published Engadget - 19 hours ago]
WordPress CEO claims 72,000 blogs defected from... [Published Engadget - 19 hours ago]
Can Yahoo Buy Its Way Back To Relevance? [Published Forbes.com - May 20 2013]
The five biggest Yahoo acquisitions till date a... [Published NDTV - May 20 2013]
Not your typical multimillionaire [Published BBC - May 20 2013]
Yahoo To Buy Tumblr For $1.1 Billion [Published Media Post - May 20 2013]
Yahoo To Buy Tumblr For US$1 Billion? [Published Lipstiq.com - May 18 2013]
Yahoo reportedly nearing $1.1 billion deal to a... [Published The Verge - May 18 2013]
Yahoo may buy Tumblr for $1billion [Published DNA India - May 17 2013]
The Dumbest Words In New Media [Published Business Insider - May 10 2013]
What To Do With Yahoo's Stock [Published Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha - Apr 17 2013]
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Yahoo's $1.1bn Tumblr gamble is a power bet on ... [Published Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago]
Tumblr's acquisition by Yahoo looks like an investment not in search advertising but in content In its latest attempt to inject some energy through acquisition, Yahoo is buying content creation platform Tumblr for $1.1bn . But what does Marissa Mayer ...
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1-billion, vows ‘not t... [Published Financial Post | Business » FP Tech Desk - 17 hours ago]
Yahoo! Inc. is buying blogging network Tumblr Inc. for about $1.1 billion as Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer seeks to lure users and advertisers with her priciest acquisition to date. Tumblr, headquartered in New York, will continue to host its ...
WordPress CEO claims 72,000 blogs defected from... [Published Engadget - 19 hours ago]
WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg has spoken out in an attempt to capitalize on Yahoo's rumored $1.1 billion acquisition of rival blogging service Tumblr. He claims that once the news had broken on Sunday, defections from Tumblr to his own site had risen from ...
WordPress CEO claims 72,000 blogs defected from... [Published Engadget - 19 hours ago]
WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg has spoken out in an attempt to capitalize on Yahoo's rumored $1.1 billion acquisition of rival blogging service Tumblr. He claims that once the news had broken on Sunday, defections from Tumblr to his own site had ...
EFF creates the "Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate ... [Published Boing Boing - Dec 20 2012]
Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban and Minecraft creator Markus Persson have donated $500,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to endow the "Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents," which will be occupied by an attorney tasked with hunting ...
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