A year after initial tests began, the web blogging site Tumblr, now owned by WordPress.com parent Automattic, is launching its Communities feature out of beta. Communities offer semi-private spaces on ...

Rumors of a Tumblr comeback have been bubbling for a couple of years—think a pair of Doc Martens here, a splash of pastel hair dye there. Now, Gen Z is embracing the platform as a refuge from an ...

Summary: A new report suggests that the Gen Z population is helping Tumblr revive its popularity. Currently, Gen Z makes up 50% of active monthly users and accounts for 60% of new sign-ups. To keep up ...

Before Tumblr lost its way through multiple sales, banning explicit content and losing droves of users, the microblogging site was the place to be online. Like any good social media platform, it ...

Automattic’s plan to move Tumblr’s backend over to WordPress is now “on hold,” Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg says in a Decoder episode published today. The company announced the plan to ...

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic ...

When Melissa Murphy, 31, joined Tumblr four years ago, she wanted to create a simple personal blog to keep track of her Brooklyn adventures. But what she instead found was a community that has helped ...

A spokesperson told TechCrunch that Tumblr will join the open social web once it finishes its move to WordPress. When the migration is complete, Tumblr users will be able to federate their blogs ...