Alexia Tsotsis

Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr

latimes.com — SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold - and risky - strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular with teens and young adults.

Where the Smart Kids Go

somamagazine.com — "Tech is sort of a 21st century art," muses TechCrunch co-editor Alexia Tsotsis as she takes the conversation meta, because that's what she does. Constantly cross-referencing ideas while making new insights that seem to bubble out of her as she goes, her enthusiasm for technology is contagious.

Tumblr’s Adult Fare Accounts For 11.4% Of Site’s Top 200K Domains, Adult Sites Are Leading Category Of Referrals

techcrunch.com — How much of Tumblr is porn, and what is Yahoo going to do about it? On the latter, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer spoke to its plans for addressing content that is not "brand safe" earlier this morning on a call about its $1.1 billion acquisition of the site, saying that Yahoo will need to have "good tools for retargeting," and will "monetize in a way that is tasteful."

Started From the Bottom

spotify.com — Started From the Bottom, a song by Drake on Spotify.

Minbox Is YouSendIt On Speed

techcrunch.com — Mac app Minbox launches to the public today, attempting to differentiate itself from competitors through speed and ease of use. The app allows Mac users to send files directly from their desktops - either through attaching the files or through a very simple drag-and-drop feature through the Minbox icon in the top-right corner.

Marissa Mayer's Tumblr

tumblr.com — I'm delighted to announce that we've reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO.

Seamless and GrubHub Announce Merger

press.grubhub.com — May 20, 20139:09am CHICAGO and NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 / PRNewswire/ -- Seamless North America LLC and GrubHub Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge two of the nation's premier services for ordering takeout.