The rumours were correct, right down to the price: Yahoo is buying blogging platform Tumblr for a cool $1.1bn – "substantially all of which is payable in cash" according to the official announcement. "On many levels, Tumblr and Yahoo couldn't be more different, but, at the same time, they couldn't be more complementary," says Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in a statement.
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May 20th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
YouTube multi-channel networks (MCNs) come in many shapes and strategies when it comes to music. Some, like Maker Studios, see music as one of several "core verticals", while...
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April 29th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Strange though it may seem, given our youthful good looks, Music Ally's fortnightly digital music report was already 61 issues down when Apple launched its iTunes music store...
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April 30th, 2013 by Music Ally
In this week's Music Ally podcast, Eamonn Forde and Stuart Dredge put the digital world to rights. Again.
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