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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Tumblr and a proposed $ 81 million

Yahoo! recientemete completed the purchase of the Tumblr blogging service  for U.S. $ 1,100 million . Its young founder, David Karp, 27, could receive $ 81 million , with one condition: that stay four more years in office. The entrepreneur created Tumblr in 2007, a few years after leaving high school in New York to focus on information technology. The CEO of Yahoo!, Marissa Mayer , undertook not to make dramatic changes in Tumblr hoping that the acquisition does not alienate users current blog service, which includes a large number of teenagers and young adults. As part of his promise, Mayer is allowing Karp operate independently platform from New York. Yahoo! headquarters in California. Karp will remain at the company until June 2017 to receive full pay. It is believed that already owns 20 to 25 percent of Tumblr. 

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