When I saw that AOL bought Huffington Post for $315 million today, the first thing that came to my mind, is Tumblr next?
AOL is looking to produce content, that is why they bought Tech Crunch and now Huffington Post. While Tumblr is uncontrolled content vs. what they…
Tumblr seemingly has a few options - build an ad platform that shares the majority of rev w/ their pubs for ads they opt into running, building a paid sub option for pubs who want paid subs (see all the porn on tumblr) or become a paid CMS ala Wordpress.
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sawickipedia reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy and added:
Tumblr seemingly has a few options...shares the majority
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caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from siminoff and added:
think you’re misunderstanding AOL’s strategy. As I understand it, they are taking...Glam...
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mijatovic said:
I think AOL has made some progress in rebuilding itself, and it already has some pretty good communities under it’s belt. Tumblr is a whole other level and I share your concern.
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