Tuesday 21 May 2013

paidContent - Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office, and more for Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office

More news from Yahoo on Monday: The company is revamping photo-sharing service Flickr and is also opening a New York City office. Tumblr's employees, however, will remain at their current office.

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Buying Tumblr might make Yahoo cool — but buying Pinterest might have made more sense

There are plenty of reasons why the announced Yahoo Tumblr deal makes sense for those companies. But Marissa Mayer might have seen a much greater payoff from acquiring Pinterest instead. Here's why.

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Marissa Mayer: Some Tumblr users “may never come to Yahoo,” and that’s OK

In an investor call Monday morning, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said Yahoo and Tumblr's audiences really don't overlap. She said that's fine: Yahoo users will be exposed to more Tumblr content, and Tumblr gets a new ad strategy and possible Flickr integration while remaining a separate site.

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New York Times CEO calls digital pay model “most successful” decision in years

In a speech to Columbia business school graduates, the CEO of the New York Times described the company's role in media disruption.

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Distort puts a new twist on slow-mo, and on Revision3′s production

The upcoming Rev3 series Distort offers not only rich, compelling footage shot at high frame rates, but the on-camera presence of former Rev3 employees, who've struck an unusual deal for distribution.

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How to make Twitter the ultimate news ticker

Recent events, tragic and triumphant, emphasize the social web's role as a central source for disseminating breaking news. But getting the facts right continues to be a challenge, and a solution requires cooperation and technical innovation.

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Why Yahoo acquiring Tumblr for $1 billion makes a certain horrible kind of sense

Fans of the social-blogging network might not like the idea much, but a $1-billion acquisition of Tumblr would arguably solve a number of problems for Yahoo -- and do the same for Tumblr CEO David Karp.

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Crowdfunding a crack scandal — did Gawker go too far?

Gawker has just taken checkbook journalism to a whole new level -- asking the public to help buy a video tape that is likely to bring down the mayor of a major city.

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