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david karp

david karp tumblr founder

Tumblr founder David Karp is leaving after 11 years

The social site's president and COO will take over in 2018.

On Nov 27, 2017 by Phillip Tracy

Tech

Tumblr deletes one of its most popular users for copyright violations

She refused to give up her anonymity in order to fight her DMCA takedown notices.

On Jun 19, 2015 by Aja Romano

IRL

Obama to America: Pronounce ‘GIF’ with a hard ‘G’

It's a hard "G," as in "government oversight."

On Jun 13, 2014 by Miles Klee

Tech

Help furnish David Karp’s ‘mildly steampunk’ apartment

David, baby. A few brown bricks and a brass ceiling fixture does not steampunk make. 

On Sep 11, 2013 by Aja Romano

Internet Culture

New NSFW content restrictions enrage Tumblr users

While David Karp was touting the platform's open freedom of speech policy, some users were learning about new tagging limitations that isolate their blog from the rest of the world.

On Jul 18, 2013 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

IRL

Tumblr’s David Karp rings opening bell at NASDAQ

He really dressed up for the occasion, too. 

On Jul 11, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Business Tech

The real origins of Tumblr

Lost in the storylines surrounding Tumblr's $1.1 billion acquisition by Yahoo has been the early influence that the sites anarchaia and Projectionist had on David Karp. 

On May 23, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Business Tech

10 things Tumblr can teach Yahoo about the Internet

One of the Internet's oldest companies has a lot to learn from the young community it just acquired.

On May 20, 2013 by Aja Romano

Business Tech

167,000 Tumblr users sign petition to stop Yahoo deal

The backlash isn't enough to kill a billion-dollar deal.

On May 20, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture Society

Tumblr CEO David Karp: “F**k yeah”

Tumblr cofounder and CEO David Karp has finally broken his silence about the $1.1 billion blockbuster deal between his blogging platform and Yahoo.

On May 20, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Business Tech

Tumblr made Storyboard editor write his own layoff announcement

Tumblr allegedly added insult to, well, insult, by asking Storyboard's former Editor-in-Chief, Chris Mohney, to write the staff's farewell.

On Apr 29, 2013 by Aja Romano

Business Tech

Beyond reblogging: The future of Tumblr

Power users of the microblogging community reflect on the site's immediate future. 

On Jan 23, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture Society

Tumblr cracks into top 10 U.S. sites

“You guys have earned an audience bigger than the biggest TV networks," announced founder David Karp.  

On Nov 26, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

How to be featured on Tumblr’s EatSleepDraw

Cofounder Lee Rubenstein offers some basic tips on what it takes to have your work see on Tumblr’s largest digital art gallery.

On Jul 27, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

EatSleepDraw: Lee Rubenstein’s Tumblr serves art 24/7

Meet the curator behind Museum of Modern Art of the Internet. 

On Jul 27, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

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