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This is not a good analysis. Tumblr has a demographic access that yahoo doesn't. Yahoo can generate ad revenues due to scale that Tumblr couldn't. Karp adds a p
by rubyrescue 13y ago
This is not a good analysis. Tumblr has a demographic access that yahoo doesn't. Yahoo can generate ad revenues due to scale that Tumblr couldn't. Karp adds a perspective that Yahoo needs.
It's unclear whether the acquisition will be a success, but if it is a success the article's reasons will be irrelevant. If it isn't a success, those will not be the reasons why it failed.
- LargeWu 13y agoSo what you are saying is that Tumblr will allow Yahoo to lose money on its target demographic faster than Yahoo could lose by itself?
- rubyrescue 13y agoI'm not sure that the demographic or the site is money losing over the long term, like youtube.