50 min

Ep. 80 - Tumblr and Fall: Challenges for the Quirky and Creative Platform The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

    • Technology

The recent sale of the creative and niche site Tumblr to Wordpress from Verizon shows an over 99% loss of value from it’s original sale to Yahoo in 2013. We look back at the phases Tumblr’s been through, and how this fits with the larger social, technological, and business trends.

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The recent sale of the creative and niche site Tumblr to Wordpress from Verizon shows an over 99% loss of value from it’s original sale to Yahoo in 2013. We look back at the phases Tumblr’s been through, and how this fits with the larger social, technological, and business trends.

Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

50 min

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