Yahoo Buys Tumblr For $1.1 Billion

A photo illustration shows the applications of Yahoo and Tumblr on the screen of an iPhone in Zagreb May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Yahoo Inc is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash.

The deal will use about 1/5 of Yahoo’s $5.4 billion in cash and marketable securities.

“Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business,” Yahoo said in a statement on Monday.

Yahoo Buys Tumblr

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