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...
May 20th, 2013 by Music Ally
Tumblr will be under new ownership soon, it seems. All Things Digital seemingly had several moles in Yahoo's board meeting yesterday that approved a $1.1bn acquisition of the blogging platform, and suggests...
May 17th, 2013 by Music Ally
This is all just speculation for now, but it's very interesting: Yahoo is reportedly in talks to buy blogging service Tumblr for what AdWeek suggests could be up to $1bn.
March 20th, 2013 by Music Ally
French site Dailymotion sits alongside Vimeo in being an online video site that has a decent audience, but which hasn't looked like seriously challenging YouTube for sheer scale for a long time.
January 3rd, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Music rightsholders have regularly criticised Google for its online ads popping up on websites devoted to piracy. Now they’ll have more ammunition in the form of an Advertising Transparency Report...
December 19th, 2012 by Music Ally
Yahoo is the latest Western internet company to shut down its music site in China, following Google's pullout earlier this year.
October 30th, 2012 by Music Ally
comScore has published its latest Video Metrix online video rankings for the US, with Google sites (i.e. YouTube) still far and away the leader.
October 26th, 2012 by Music Ally
Stamped has been acquired by Yahoo, making it the first such deal for recently-appointed CEO Marissa Mayer.
July 31st, 2012 by Music Ally
The latest version of IntoNow has added music into the mix: it's capable of identifying songs being played in the background of shows, including covers and live performances. Users of the app can then...
Not a member yet?
Join now or sign up for a free trial
Access our data archive - thousands of stories dating back to 2002
Sign up via our secure payment processing page
