imprint on culture looks to be complete.
The entirety of 罢耻尘产濒谤鈥檚 New York City headquarters staff will move into 驰补丑辞辞鈥檚 Midtown Manhattan office, 附近上门 News has learned.
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According to several Tumblr employees, who confirmed the news on condition of anonymity, their company鈥檚 original NYC office in the Flatiron district will cease to exist at the end of this month. Instead, Tumblr employees will be relocated to 驰补丑辞辞鈥檚 current New York Headquarters.
鈥淲e are looking forward to 罢耻尘产濒谤鈥檚 move to Oath鈥檚 NYC headquarters,鈥 Simon Khalaf, Oath鈥檚 head of media and products, told 附近上门 News. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a natural progression for us to bring the Oath family of brands together as we continue to foster collaboration and build brands people love.鈥
Blogging platform Tumblr was acquired by Yahoo back in May 2013 for $1.1 billion鈥擬arissa Mayer鈥檚鈥 biggest buy鈥攁s a means to revamp their image into a brand geared toward a younger demographic. Given 罢耻尘产濒谤鈥檚 early success for its blogging service, the acquisition was meant to help both parties achieve long term financial and branding success.
Since its inception, Tumblr has become known as a popular destination for independent creators and internet subcultures.
To top it off, Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp stepped down in November, signaling an end of an indie era. The move also comes on the heels of Complex Media — owned by Verizon, which also owns Yahoo under the Oath umbrella — moving into 驰补丑辞辞鈥檚 Times Square building
Tumblr raised rounds from its launch in 2007 until 2012, raising a total of about $125 million before being acquired by Yahoo five years ago. Although the platform maintained an independent operation, the shadow of pressure from the Yahoo ownership created a
While it鈥檚 unclear how 罢耻尘产濒谤鈥檚 new office integration will operate, it鈥檚 safe to assume its culture will further be ingrained into 驰补丑辞辞鈥檚 corporate one. This could likely mean a further detriment of what made Tumblr worth acquiring in 2013.
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