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'''Tumblr''' (stylized as '''tumblr.''') is a [[microblogging]] platform and [[Social networking service|social networking]] website founded by [[David Karp]] and since 2013 owned by [[Yahoo! Inc.]] The service allows users to post [[multimedia]] and other content to a short-form [[blog]]. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.<ref name=Boutin>{{cite news|author=Boutin, Paul|title=Tumblr Makes Blogging Blissfully Easy|url=http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/tumblr-makes-blogging-blissfully-easy/ |accessdate=March 26, 2009 | work=The New York Times | date=March 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=These 19 Social Networks Are Bigger Than Google+|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/these-19-social-networks-are-still-bigger-than-google-2011-7#10-tumblr-the-popular-social-blogging-platform-681-million-10|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}</ref> Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear.
As of January 20, 2016, Tumblr hosts over 275.1 million blogs 127.9 billion posts and 373 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About {{!}} Tumblr|url = https://www.tumblr.com/about|website = www.tumblr.com|accessdate = 2016-01-05}}</ref> As of
[[Yahoo!]] announced its intention to acquire Tumblr on May 20, 2013, for approximately $1.1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2013/05/20/yahoo-tumblr-deal-announcement/2326531/ |title=Yahoo pledges 'not to screw up' Tumblr deal |last=Yu|first=Roger |date=May 20, 2013 |work= |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=May 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=9105444|title=Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-buys-tumblr-her-boldest-150522231.html|title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Buys Tumblr–Her Boldest Move Yet|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/20/yahoo-acquires-tumblr-for-11-billion|title=Yahoo! Acquires Tumblr for $1.1 Billion|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> The deal closed on June 20, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tumblr. + Yahoo! – It's Officially Official. {{!}} Yahoo!|url=http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/53441093826/tumblr-yahoo-its-officially-official|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref>
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