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media Dec. 13, 2018

Verizon Made a $9 Billion Bet on Digital Media. Here’s Why It Failed.By rolling up Yahoo and AOL—including HuffPost, Tumblr and more—the telecom giant was hoping to compete with Google and Facebook. It couldn’t.

By Simon Owens

death Dec. 4, 2018

Tumblr’s Most Evergreen Meme Has Always Been Its Own DeathThe site’s been dying for years. It’ll keep dying forever.

By Brian Feldman

decisions Oct. 18, 2018

Did I Make a Mistake Selling My Social-Media Darling to Yahoo?Yahoo was negotiating to buy Facebook and Del.icio.us at the same time. Zuckerberg famously said no. Del.icio.us CEO Joshua Schachter said yes.

As told to Jake Swearingen

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Yahoo Messenger Joins AIM in Messenger HeavenThe service will be shuttered in July.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Yahoo Admits That 3 Billion Accounts Were Affected by 2013 HackYahoo adds 2 billion accounts to the total affected since its last count.

By Paris Martineau

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Yahoo — I Mean, Sorry, Tumblr — Just Made a Video-Chat AppCabana lets you watch videos with your friends in real time.

By Brian Feldman

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Oath, the Place Yahoo’ll Go!Verizon is reportedly merging Yahoo and AOL and calling them “Oath.”

By Madison Malone Kircher

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DOJ Charges Russian Spies Responsible for Hacking 500 Million Yahoo AccountsTwo Russian hackers and two Russian intelligence agents were indicted for the 2014 breach.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Marissa Mayer Leaps Off Glass Cliff With $23 Million Golden ParachuteThe Yahoo CEO is officially out once the deal with Verizon goes through.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Marissa Mayer Is Out at Yahoo, Which Is Now Called Altaba, by the WayThe company is changing its name as soon as it finishes its sale to Verizon.

By Brian Feldman

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Yahoo Reveals It Was the Victim of the Largest Data Breach in History — AgainTime to ditch Yahoo once and for all.

By Jake Swearingen

Oct. 4, 2016

Yahoo Scanned Users’ Emails on Behalf of U.S. IntelligenceEverything going in or out was monitored for a certain phrase.

By Brian Feldman

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The Only Reason to Still Use Yahoo Is for Your GarbageYahoo confirms it’s for garbage email only.

By Jake Swearingen

Sept. 22, 2016

How to Change Your Yahoo PasswordThe company confirms at least 500 million user accounts were hacked in 2014.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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500 Million Yahoo Accounts Were Hacked by a ‘State-Sponsored Actor’More than 500 million accounts were compromised.

By Brian Feldman

Sept. 22, 2016

200 Million Yahoo Accounts Got HackedYet another embarrassment to add to the list.

By Brian Feldman

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Marissa Mayer Implies That Running Yahoo Is Harder Than Being PresidentThe Yahoo CEO doesn’t plan to leave after selling the company to Verizon.

By Brian Feldman

July 25, 2016

Why Verizon Just Spent $4.8 Billion on YahooVerizon wants to buy its way into being an advertising giant.

By Brian Feldman

July 21, 2016

Tumblr Users Bug Out Over Write-down and Potential Yahoo SaleYahoo’s enormous write-down of the social network has users panicking.

By Brian Feldman

June 17, 2016

Marissa Mayer’s Slow-Motion Tumblr Car CrashThe company bit off more than it could chew with the Tumblr acquisition.

By Brian Feldman

Apr. 6, 2016

Yahoo, ‘Crap Homepage for the Midwest,’ Is Undergoing a ‘Financial Meltdown‘Hoo boy, Yahoo.

By Brian Feldman

Feb. 23, 2016

Time-Yahoo Merger Could Be the AOL Time Warner of the TeensTime Inc. officials met with bankers to “discuss the possibility” of joining with Yahoo.

By Claire Landsbaum

Feb. 17, 2016

Yahoo Searched for Ways to Cut Costs — Layoffs Were the Top ResultThat search engine you sometimes use by accident just fired a bunch of people at digital magazines you don’t read.

By Eric Levitz

Nov. 30, 2015