Why Yahoo Doesn’t Think Tumblr Has a Porn Problem

Does Tumblr host a lot of pictures of naked people? Yep. But they’ve got an ad plan that deals with that.
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Co-Founder Yat Siu on Animoca’s Big Menu of “Fast Food” Mobile Games

With more than 350 games, Animoca is all about quantity, and its co-founder says being based away from Silicon Valley helps.
Pretty Pet Salon is one of the more popular games Animoca has published, and started a "Pretty Pet" franchise.

How to Sell a Yahoo-Tumblr Deal: Point to Facebook-Instagram

Want an argument for dropping $1 billion on a company with almost no revenue? Here you go.
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The Facebook IPO, One Year Later

Two weeks ago, new posters began appearing at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. The posters proclaimed: “Advertisers are users too*.” At the bottom of the page, in smaller font, was the phrase “*no srsly,” Internet shorthand for “no seriously.”

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Fueled by Facebook Exchange, Triggit Raises Another $6 Million, This Time Via Debt

Ad tech startup Triggit, which raised $7.4 million last fall after Facebook helped its business skyrocket, has raised another $6 million, this time via a debt deal with North Atlantic Capital. Triggit, which has now raised $20 million over the past few years, is concentrating on connecting clients with Facebook’s Exchange, and on working with international ad buyers in particular.

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Morgan Stanley Thinks YouTube Will Be a $20 Billion Business

Google won’t provide any revenue information for YouTube, so Wall Street comes up with its own guesses. Here’s the newest from Morgan Stanley: The banks analysts think the video site will do $4 billion in gross revenue this year, and will generate $711 million in operating income. By 2020, Morgan Stanley thinks those numbers could hit $20 billion and $5 billion.

Why Is the Sound-Effects Guy From “Police Academy” Talking About Robots and Web Ads?

Because Solve Media hired him for this video! It’s pretty good.
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ESPN, Twitter Expand Collaboration

ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service—part of a growing wave of tie-ups as TV networks and Twitter hunt for new advertising revenue.

SoundCloud Starts Pushing Its Own Native Ads Out of a New York Outpost

Audio is good. Audio plus visual: Better.
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Ben Lerer’s JackThreads Starts Selling Duds to Dudes Overseas, on Their Phones — And They’re Buying

iOS apps help a lot, said the Thrillist Media Group founder. So do Facebook app ads.
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