Tumblr

Tumblr To Move Its Half A Billion Blogs to WordPress

Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has focused on improving Tumblr’s platform and growing its revenue. Now Automattic will shift Tumblr’s…

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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Details Tumblr’s Future

This week, WordPress.com owner Matt Mullenweg confirmed his company would be shifting the majority of Tumblr’s workforce to other areas at the parent company Automattic in light of the social blogging site’s continued financial woes, TechCrunch reported. After acknowledging and…

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Social Media

Tumblr Post+ Subscription is in Beta Mode

Tumblr is now one of the social media companies that wants to let creators make money from their content. It announced Post+, which is a subscription service that is currently in beta. Tumblr’s Post+ is our new tool that allows…

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Social Media

Verizon Announced Sale of Tumblr to Automattic

Verizon Media and Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Automattic plans to acquire Tumblr. The press release says that the terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, Axios…

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iOS

Tumblr has Vanished from the App Store

Tumblr is having an issue with its iOS app. Tumblr confirmed this in a post on its Help Center in which is stated: “We’re working to resolve an issue with the iOS app and hope to be fully functional again…

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Tumblr Releases Cabana

Tumblr announced the release of a brand new app. It’s called Cabana. Right now, the app is for iOS, only. (Tumblr says the Android version should be out in a few weeks). Cabana allows people to video chat with up to five…

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