Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO and all-around badass, is most likely going to add Tumblr to her list of victims, eh-hem, we mean acquisitions.<br /><br />Yahoo is expected to announce it's $1.1 billion dollar buyout of the popular social networking site. If it goes through, this will be one of the largest social media acquisitions in history -- surpassing even Facebook's $1 billion Instagram purchase. <br /><br />FOR MORE FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NMAtv<br />Twitter @nmatv http://www.twitter.com/nmatv<br />Tumblr http://nmatv.tumblr.com<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/NMAtv<br />Web http://www.nma.tv<br /><br />Yahoo has given Tumblr a death sentence. By death sentence we mean the struggling Web pioneer has decided to buy out Tumblr for $1.1 billion dollars.<br /><br />After defecting from Google last year, Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer<br />has bought up to 6 start-ups to try and revitalize Yahoo's laggard image with the younger crowd.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the pricey acquisitions have not fared well for (READ: essentially killed) the companies bought by Yahoo as many of them were left neglected after the buyout.<br /><br />Even though Tumblr creator and wunderkind David Karp doesn't believe in making money, Tumblr will most likely accept as things have been tense between Karp and the board of creators.<br /><br />The deal is expected to be one of the largest social media acquisitions in history,<br />larger than Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of Instagram last year -- which didn't generate much money for Zuck.<br /><br />Mayer will probably pay more attention to Tumblr considering the company's wide reach and young user base, but will it be able to generate money?<br /><br />Do you think this is the end for Tumblr? Let us know in the comments!<br /><br />- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /><br />FOR FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS IN ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...<br /><br />FOR MORE APPLE DAILY ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...<br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS US, GO TO:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...<br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS JP, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...<br /><br />CHECK OUT THE ODDBODS!<br />http://www.youtube.com/user/nxTomo
