Automattic’s plan to move Tumblr’s backend over to WordPress is now “on hold,” Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg says ...

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to ...

T umblr is ditching — or, at least, suspending — its plan to migrate over to WordPress. Relatedly, that also means pausing plans of integrating Tumblr into the fediverse.

Tumblr is downscaling after failing to ‘turn around’ the site. It’s planning to devote smaller teams toward improving core features, and we might say goodbye to Tumblr Live.

Tumblr users are complaining that content is being falsely labeled as mature, the latest tech company to grapple with automated flagging and takedowns.

Organized by a new generation of fans, the one-day event celebrated queer culture, internet fandom, and real-life connection.

Verizon offloaded Tumblr to Automattic in 2019 for purportedly less than $20 million, taking on 200 staff. CEO Matt Mullenweg at the time called Tumblr "one of the web's most iconic brands," and ...

Tumblr was founded in 2007, then acquired by Yahoo (TechCrunch’s parent company) for $1 billion in 2013. By 2019, WordPress.com parent Automattic bought Tumblr for just $3 million.

Tumblr and WordPress are reportedly set to strike deals to sell user data to artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Midjourney. The platforms’ parent company, Automattic, is nearing ...

Tumblr decided it couldn't afford to be dropped by Apple and issued a blanket ban on adult content. Forbes reported that, although fewer than 1 percent of its user base produced adult content, ...

By 2012, Tumblr was hosting more than 42 million blogs and was valued at $800 million, according to a report from The Guardian at the time. Investors included the likes of Virgin visionary Sir ...

The mainstream narrative has declared Tumblr dead for years. Last week, a leaked memo finally revealed the site’s plans to scale down its operations—but its art, fandoms, and inside jokes rage on.