Popular Press
Major Popular press articles about Tumblr, published between 2008 and 2020
2008
Andrews, Robert. “Tumblr raises $4.5m second round; staffs up, preps premium model.” The Guardian. December 12, 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2008/dec/12/startups-blogging
Doty, Cate. “Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not.” The New York Times. June 2, 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02garfield.html
2010
Barnes, Rachel. “A Question of X Appeal.” Campaign. November 24, 2010.
Bruno, Anthony. “Tumblr 4 Ya.” Billboard. November 12, 2010: 9.
2011
Bell, Melissa. “Tumblr Ignites Protest Support.” The Washington Post. October 17, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/social-site-ignites-groundswell-of-support-for-the-protest-movement/2011/10/17/gIQAJgVa3L_story.html
Caramanica, Jon. “Tumblr Soul, Rocker Country, Teenage Tartness.” The New York Times. March 13, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/arts/music/releases-from-frank-ocean-aaron-lewis-etana-and-sky-ferreira.html
Catt, Dan. “The SXSW Tumblr tracker.” The Guardian. March 14, 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2011/mar/14/sxsw-tumblr-tracker
Cutler, Jeremy. “Missing E Browser Extension for Tumblr.” missing-e.com. March 4, 2011.
Frean, Alexandra. “Branson buys into blog site.” The Times. September 27, 2011. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/branson-buys-into-blog-site-m7dt38sljb7
Gray, Richard. “Take a tumblr.” The Times. November 27, 2011. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/take-a-tumble-mzc07t6jcbk
Jeffries, Adrianne. “Missing E Developer Keeps Trying to Work with Tumblr but Tumblr Isn’t Having It.” Observer. September 6, 2011. https://observer.com/2011/09/missing-e-developer-keeps-trying-to-work-with-tumblr-but-tumblr-keeps-trying-toshut-him-down/
Parker, Ashley. “Kill the Alarm and Rev Up the Vespa.” The New York Times. September 18, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/nyregion/for-david-karp-tumblr-founder-no-alarm-sundays.html
Schaefer, Kayleen. “Where Fashion Gazes at Itself.” The New York Times. September 11, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/fashion/on-tumblr-a-community-for-style-ny-fashion-week.html
Weinstein, Adam. “’We Are the 99 Percent’ Creators Revealed.” Mother Jones, October 7, 2011. https://www.webcitation.org/63I8ygR8Z
“What to Say About Tumblr.” The Times. December 24, 2011. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-to-say-about-tumblr-rdlk8wspbfq
Wortham, Jenna. “Lady Gaga Tests Tumblr’s Waters.” The New York Times. July 4, 2011.
2012
Adewunmi, Bim. “You can hack it, you can bash it, but Tumblr’s still got it.” The Guardian. December 4, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/04/hack-tumblr-microblogging-gnaa
Agnew, Roisen. “Tumblr’s ‘porn ban’ will leave its marginalized users with no safe haven.” The Guardian. December 11, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/11/tumblr-porn-ban-heteronormative-silicon-valley-sex-lives
Arthur, Charles. “Twitter blocks Tumblr: the neutron bomb approach to social networking.” The Guardian. August 23, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/aug/23/twitter-tumblr-neutron-bomb
Arthur, Charles. “Twitter blocks Tumblr: the neutron bomb approach to social networking.” The Guardian. August 23, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/aug/23/twitter-tumblr-neutron-bomb
Bellafante, Ginia. “Never Mind the Bubble, Some Can’t Buy Groceries.” The New York Times. July 22, 2012.
Casserly, Meghan. “#Whatshouldwecallme Revealed: The 24-Year-Old Law Students Behind the New Tumblr Darling.” Forbes. March 29, 2012. http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/03/29/whatshouldwecallme-revealed-24-year-oldlaw-students-tumblr-darling/
Ewing, Tom. “Why blogging strikes a chord on Tumblr.” The Guardian. January 5, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/05/tom-ewing-tumblr-music-blogs
Halliday, Josh. “David Karp, founder of Tumblr, on realising his dream.” The Guardian. January 29, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/29/tumblr-david-karp-interview
Halliday, Josh. “Times Opinion Tumblr launches outside paywall.” The Guardian. June 13, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/13/times-launches-tumblr-opinion-blog
Holpuch, Amanda. “Tumblr hit by cyber worm from group engaged in ‘anti-blogging’ campaign.” The Guardian. December 3, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/dec/03/tumblr-cyber-worm-anti-blogging
Jeffries, Adrianne. “Tumblr Says Browser Extensions Are A-OK, Despite Changes to Terms of Service.” Observer. March 6, 2012. https://observer.com/2012/03/tumblr-says-browser-extensions-are-a-ok-despite-changes-to-terms-of-service/
Machell, Ben. “The supergeek: David Karp, the man behind Tumblr.” The Times. April 14, 2012. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-supergeek-david-karp-the-man-behind-tumblr-c3gvts9rltx
Orsini, Lauren Rae. “Tumblr’s Wrath for Missing E Actually Helps Promote It.” The Daily Dot. January 3, 2012.
Stelter, Brian. “Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News.” New York Times. February 2, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/business/media/tumblr-hires-writers-to-cover-itself.html
Tedeschi, Bob. “Three Varied Tools for Blogging With a Hand-Held.” The New York Times. May 31, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/business/three-varied-tools-for-blogging-with-a-hand-held.html
Tumblr Staff. “Follow- up: Tumblr’s New Policy against Pro- Self- Harm Blogs.”Tumblr. 2012. https://staff.tumblr.com/post/18563255291/follow-up-tumblrs-newpolicy-against
Walker, Rob. “Can Tumblr’s David Karp Embrace Ads Without Selling Out?” The New York Times Magazine. July 12 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/magazine/can-tumblrs-david-karp-embrace-ads-without-selling-out.html
2013
Ahmed, Murad, and David Robertson. “Marissa Mayer stakes all on a billion dollar punt.” The Times. May 21, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marissa-mayer-stakes-all-on-a-billion-dollar-punt-779c8b6lqjx
Alfonso, Fernando. “167,000 Tumblr Users Sign Petition to Stop Yahoo Deal.” The Daily Dot. May 20, 2013. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/tumblr-users-petition-167000-signatures/
Arthur, Charles. “Boot up: Chinese hackers, Lumia buildup, life at Tumblr and more.” The Guardian. May 22, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/may/22/china-hacking-tumblr-lumia
Baker, Stephen. “Can Social Media Sell Soap?” The New York Times. January 6, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/opinion/sunday/can-social-media-sell-soap.html
Ahmed, Murad. “Dropout Whiz behind Tumblr Greets $1.1bn Deal with a Four-Letter Yahoo!” The Times. May 21, 2013.
Caramanica, Jon. “Not Like the Old Boss: Hip-Hop’s Spirit Guide.” The New York Times. January 27, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/arts/music/asap-yams-partner-to-hip-hops-asap-rocky.html
de la Merced, Michael J., Nick Bilton, Nicole Perlroth, Andrew Ross Sorkin, and Jenna Wortham. “Seeking Flair, Yahoo Agrees To Buy Tumblr. (Cover Story).” The New York Times. May 20, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/technology/yahoo-to-buy-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html
“David Karp: A billion dollar brain goes tumbling upward.” The Times. May 26,
Dredge, Stuart. “US intelligence services go ‘on the record’ with new Tumblr blog.” The Guardian. August 22, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/us-intelligence-community-tumblr-surveillance
Feifer, Jason. “Obama’s funeral selfie is a fitting end to my Tumblr - Selfies at Funerals.” The Guardian. December 11, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/11/obama-funeral-selfie-tumblr-mandela-teens
Wolfe, Alexandra. “David Karp— The 20- Something Tumblr CEO on His ‘Awesome’ New Boss and Becoming a Multimillionaire.” Wall Street Journal. July 13, 2013: C11.
Wolff, Michael. “Yahoo buying Tumblr is not a turnaround story.” The Guardian. May 20 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/20/yahoo-buy-tumblr-last-ditch-effort
Wortham, Jenna. “A Flashy Bet for Yahoo On a Shift in Social Media.” The New York Times. May 21, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/technology/social-media-is-moving-into-creativity-like-tumblr.html
Halliday, Josh. “David Karp: Tumblr founder could be worth up to $220m after Yahoo deal.” The Guardian. May 20, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/20/david-karp-tumblr-yahoo-deal
Horton, Ophelia. “Opi’s world.” The Times. March 3, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/opis-world-vgj3tmj7zs9
“How to Become a Tumblr Girl.” wikiHow. http://www.wikihow.com/Becomea-Tumblr-Girl
Kaufman, Leslie. “Tumblr to End Storyboard And Dismiss 3 Employees.” The New York Times. April 11, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/business/media/tumblr-to-end-storyboard.html
Lee, Timothy B. “Yahoo’s Dilemma and Big Gamble.” The Washington Post. 2013, 5AD.
Leroux, Marcus. “Cure for itchy feet: Yahoo! pays $81m to keep Tumblr founder David Karp.” The Times. August 10, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cure-for-itchy-feet-yahoo-pays-dollar81m-to-keep-tumblr-founder-david-karp-f8drrmrgqlm
MacMillan, Douglas. “Yahoo Is Ready to Pay $1.1 Billion for Tumblr, According to Report.” The Washington Post. Winter 2013, 5AD.
Maffero, Lauren. “What brands should know about Tumblr users - infographic.” The Guardian. June 20, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/jun/20/brands-know-tumblr-users-infographic
O’Leary, Amy. “You Can Follow U.S. Spy Agencies.” The New York Times. August 26, 2013.
Perez, Sarah. “Tumblr’s Adult Fare Accounts for 11.4% of Site’s Top 200K Domains, Adult Sites Are Leading Category of Referrals.” TechCrunch. May 20, 2013. https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sitestop-200k-domains-tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sites-top-200k-domainsadults-sites-are-leading-category-of-referrals/.
Robertson, David. “Tumblr’s David Karp is King of the billion dollar Bloggosphere.” The Times. May 18, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tumblrs-david-karp-is-king-of-the-billion-dollar-blogosphere-8rkm70h0sf2
Romano, Aja. “Tumblr Is Having a Love Affair with a Web Developer.” The Daily Dot. December 13, 2013. https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/xkit-guy-tumblrfandom/
Sorkin, Andrew Ross. “But Wait. Didn’t Yahoo Try A Deal Like This Before?” The New York Times. May 21, 2013. https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/but-wait-didnt-yahoo-try-a-deal-like-this-before/
Tumblr: a big blank canvas in the world wide web.” The Guardian. May 20, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2013/may/20/tumblr-world-wide-web-yahoo
Wortham, Jenna, Nick Bilton, Nicole Perlroth, and Michael J. de la Merced. “Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School. (Cover Story).” The New York Times. May 21, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/technology/david-karp-quit-school-to-get-serious-about-start-ups.html
2014
Ahmed, Murad. “Cuts, blood and a diary of self harm.” The Times. January 24, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cuts-blood-and-a-diary-of-self-harm-7rz7gjbgtlm
Ackerman, Spencer. “How the US intelligence community attempts to rebrand itself - on Tumblr.” The Guardian. March 14, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/intelligence-community-on-the-record-james-clapper-nsa
Bannerman, Lucy, Kaya Burgess, and Murad Ahmed. “The ‘toxic digital world’ that killed girl, 15.” The Times. January 23, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/the-toxic-digital-world-that-killed-girl-15-77qjc92rj5l
Bennett, Rosemary. “Calls to curb a dark, online world.” The Times. January 24, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/calls-to-curb-a-dark-online-world-qmfmqxlvnpf
Burgess, Kaya. “16 year old overdoses after self harm website visit.” The Times. February 6, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/16-year-old-overdoses-after-self-harm-website-visit-5ncxs6flnsr
Burgess, Kaya. “Drug death girl’s family condemn ‘web of darkness’.” The Times. February 12, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/drug-death-girls-family-condemn-web-of-darkness-w6zxcngjfvz
Wortham, Jenna. “No Regrets for the Founder of Tumblr After Yahoo Sale.” The New York Times. May 5, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/technology/no-regrets-for-the-founder-of-tumblr-after-yahoo-sale.html
Wortham, Jenna. “Still Starting Up.” The New York Times. April 28, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/still-starting-up.html
Diem, Noel. “Ferguson and the Effect of Social Media Activism.” Law Street Media. December 4, 2014. https://legacy.lawstreetmedia.com/issues/entertainment-and-culture/ferguson-and-the-effect-of-social-media-activism/
Dredge, Stuart. “Tumblr growing fast but teens are ‘bored’ with Facebook - Open thread.” The Guardian. November 27, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/27/tumblr-growing-teens-bored-of-facebook
Eaton, Kit. “Mobile Blogging Options Simplify Storytelling on the Go.” The New York Times. June 12, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/technology/personaltech/mobile-blogging-options-for-storytelling-on-the-go.html
Eilperin, Juliet. “Less Paper, More Tumblr: White House’s Tech Makeover.” The Washington Post. July 2014, 7AD.
Kaufman, Leslie. “Yahoo’s Tumblr Teams Up With TV Shows to Reach Their Audiences.” The New York Times. October 20, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/business/media/yahoos-tumblr-teams-up-with-tv-shows-to-reach-their-audiences.html
Hamburger, Ellis. “Tumblr declares war on the internet’s identity crisis.” The Verge. May 6, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5684212/tumblr-declares-war-on-the-internets-identity-crisis
Kasperkevic, Jana. “Obama responds to college queries: ‘Sometimes you have to take a detour’.” The Guardian. June 10, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jun/10/obama-student-debt-executive-order-tumblr-college-questions
Lednicer, Lisa Grace. “Want a Tech Job? Study This Advice from the Bosses at Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr.” The Washington Post. 2014, 7AD. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/want-a-tech-job-study-this-advice-from-the-bosses-at-mozilla-reddit-tumblr/2014/07/30/41443afe-06f0-11e4-bbf1-cc51275e7f8f_story.html
Jenkins, Henry. “A Meme Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: An Interview with Limor Shifman (Part Two).” Confessions of an Aca- Fan. February 19, 2014. http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2014/02/a-meme-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste-an-interview-with-limorshifman-part-two.html
Perez, Sarah. “XKit, The Tumblr Client For Power Users, Arrives On iOS.” TechCrunch, July 11, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/11/xkit-the-tumblr-client-forpower-users-arrives-on-ios/
Robertson, Adi. “Inside Tumblr and the battle for net neutrality.” The Verge. September 12, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/12/6137619/as-the-wheel-turns-inside-tumblr-and-the-battle-for-net-neutrality
Safronova, Valeriya. “Millennials and the Age of Tumblr Activism.” New York Times. December 19, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/style/millennials-and-the-age-of-tumblr-activism.html#:~:text=The%20company’s%20internal%20surveys%20show,the%20eyes%20of%20their%20elders.
2015
“A Book That Does Justice to Tumblr’s Favorite Justice.” The Washington Post. 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/11/02/how-ruth-bader-ginsburg-became-notorious-rbg/
Alter, Alexandra. “Web Poets’ Society: New Breed Succeeds in Taking Verse Viral. (Cover Story).” The New York Times. November 8, 2015. https://thepoetslist.com/2015/11/09/web-poets-society-new-breed-succeeds-in-taking-verse-viral-via-ny-times/
Zimmerman, Jess. “How do we tell when helpful interventions online are just creepy surveillance?” The Guardian. April 8, 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/08/tumblr-intervention-searches-creepy-surveillance
Christakis, Nicholas A. “Friends in New Places.” The New York Times. August 2, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/making-friends-in-new-places.html
“Community Guidelines.” last modified June 19, 2017. https://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/community
Falcone, Dana Rose. “Tumblr’s Most Reblogged ‘Ship 2015: One Direction’s Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.” EW.com. December 8, 2015.https://ew.com/article/2015/12/08/tumblr-most-reblogged-ship-2015-harry-styles-louis-tomlinson/
Frizzell, Nell. “#Arthoe: the teens who kickstarted a feminist art movement.” The Guardian. August 19, 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/19/arthoe-teens-kickstart-feminist-art-movement-instagram-tumblr
Isaac, Mike. “New Ad Idea From Tumblr.” The New York Times. January 26, 2015. https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/tumblr-taps-its-community-to-work-with-advertisers/
Mahler, Jonathan and Tara Parker-Pope. “The Dress That Melted The Internet.” The New York Times. February 28, 2015.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/business/a-simple-question-about-a-dress-and-the-world-weighs-in.html
Mohan, Isabel. “Story of Their Life: The Rise and Fall of One Direction.” The Telegraph. August 24, 2015. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11495353/Story-of-their-Life-The-rise-and-fall-of-One-Direction.html
Murphy, Tim. “Identity- Free Identity Politics.” New York Times Magazine. October 27, 2015. https://www.magzter.com/article/Lifestyle/New-York-magazine/Identity-Free-Identity-Politics
Ortved, John. “Tumblr: Still Stylist After All These Posts.” The New York Times. September 11, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/fashion/mens-style/the-stylish-men-of-tumblr.html
Rogers, Katie. “Meet Tumblr’s Secret Keeper.” The New York Times. December 6, 2015.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/style/meet-tumblrs-15-year-old-secret-keeper.html
Runestele. “Tumblr: Updates.” Runestele.tumblr.com. April 9, 2015.
Sottek, T.C. “Tumblr raises the alarm for net neutrality.” The Verge. February 3, 2015. https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/3/7972523/tumblr-net-neutrality-explainer
Wigmund. “Everytime Tumblr Updates.” Wigmund.tumblr.com. December 10, 2015.
2016
Dean, James. “For sale: 425m social media passwords.” The Times. June 1, 2016. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/for-sale-425m-social-media-passwords-trbzmtk3s
Goel, Vindu. “Yahoo Edges Toward Sale With a Limp.” The New York Times. July 19, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/technology/yahoo-revenue-falls-15-percent-and-profit-drops-64-percent.html
Hern, Alex. “More than 65m Tumblr emails for sale on the darknet.” The Guardian. May 31, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/31/tumblr-emails-for-sale-darknet-65-million-hack-passwords
Holpuch, Amanda. “‘I Just Feel Less Alone:’ How Tumblr Became a Source for Mental Health Care.” The Guardian. May 19, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/19/tumblr-mental-health-information-community-disorders-healthcare
Mann, Olly, and Matt Shore. “Inside Liftblr: when blogging meets shoplifting - Chips with Everything tech podcast.” The Guardian. September 2, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2016/sep/02/inside-liftblr-when-blogging-meets-shoplifting-chips-with-everything-tech-podcast
McCormick, Rich. “Tumblr’s new Labs program lets users test experimental features.” The Verge. May 11, 2016. https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/11/11655050/tumblrs-new-labs-program-lets-users-test-experimental-features
Padilla, Kalani Nicole. “Studyblr: How Tumblr Became the Uninspired College Student’s New Best Friend.” Odyssey. August 16, 2016. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/studyblr-tumblr-is-college-students-best-friend
Poynter: The Washington Post is launching a crowdsourced Black history project on Tumblr.” The Washington Post. June 27, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2016/06/27/poynter-the-washington-post-is-launching-a-crowdsourced-black-history-project-on-tumblr/
Revanche, Jonno. “Tumblr was my saviour. It made me see I wasn’t monstrous and unloveable.” The Guardian. August 23, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/24/tumblr-was-my-saviour-it-made-me-see-i-wasnt-monstrous-and-unloveable
Spinks, Rosie. “Platforms v creators: the battle for the internet economy.” The Guardian. November 11, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/nov/11/platforms-v-creators-battle-internet-economy
Stein, Louisa. “The Limits of Infinite Scroll: Gifsets and Fanmixes as Evolving Fan Traditions.” Flow. January 25, 2016. https://www.flowjournal.org/2016/01/the-limits-of-infinite-scroll-gifsets-and-fanmixes-as-evolving-fan-traditions
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “Tumblr Trends for 2016: At Least the Teen Had a Nice Year.” The Verge. December 5, 2016. https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/5/13846890/tumblr2016-year-in-review-memes-actors-ships-fan-fiction
2017
Byron, Paul and Brady Robards. “There’s Something Queer About Tumblr.” The Conversation. December 22, 2017. https://theconversation.com/theres-something-queer-about-tumblr-73520
Coscarelli, Joe. “Sidestepping The Critical Glare.” The New York Times. November 9, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/music/taylor-swift-reputation-swifties-tumblr.html
Delbyck, Cole. “Frank Ocean Sued By Father Over Tumblr Response To Orlando Shooting.” HuffPost. February 3, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frank-oceans-sued-by-his-own-father_n_5894b082e4b0c1284f259c13
Kale, Sirin. “From tarot cards to macabre hoodies: why witchcraft is all the rage.” The Guardian. September 6, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/sep/06/from-tarot-cards-to-macabre-hoodies-why-witchcraft-is-all-the-rage
Marino, Andrew. “From Uber to Tumblr, The Vergecast explains it all.” The Verge. June 23, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15861202/vergecast-podcast-262-tumblr-net-neutrality-uber-one-plus-5
Schwartzberg, Lauren. “Why Millennial Pink Refuses to Go Away.” The Cut. March 19, 2017. http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/03/why-millennialpink-refuses-to-go-away.html
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “How witches took over Tumblr in 2017.” The Verge. December 12, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/12/16766260/witchblr-tumblr-trends-2017-witchcraft-crystals-fan-tarot
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “Verizon is Killing Tumblr’s Fight for Net Neutrality.” The Verge. June 21, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/21/15816974/verizon-tumblr-net-neutrality-internet-politics-david-karp
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “Welcome to Studyblr: A Beautiful, Stressful Wonderland.” The Verge. May 9, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/9/15260026/tumblr-study-blogging-studyblr-organization-interview
2018
Alptraum, Lux. “How Tumblr went from being the most porn-friendly social media site to banning porn.” The Verge. December 5, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18126451/tumblr-porn-social-media-ban
Aroesti, Rachel. “Brigid May Power: ‘My #MeToo post was the greatest gift I gave myself’.” The Guardian. January 19, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/19/brigid-mae-power-my-metoo-post-was-the-greatest-gift-i-gave-myself
Brammer, John Paul. “‘I fear loss of community’: Tumblr’s new ‘adult content’ rules worry LGBTQ users.” NBC News. December 5, 2018. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/i-fear-loss-community-tumblr-s-new-adult-content-rules-n944196
Brammer, John Paul. “RIP Tumblr porn. You made me who I am.” The Washington Post. December 4, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/04/rip-tumblr-porn-you-made-me-who-i-am/
Bromwich, Jonah Engel and Katie Van Syckle. “‘NSFW’ Bloggers Prepare to Abandon Ship at Tumblr.” The New York Times. December 9, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/style/tumblr-porn.html
Bromwich, Jonah Engel. “Online, Celestial Objects Are More Serious Than They Appear.” The New York Times. November 29, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/style/the-best-astrological-sign-of-all.html
Gault, Matthew. “A Quarter of Tumblr Users Are There to Consume Porn.” Motherboard. December 5, 2018. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gy7w4b/data-scientists-estimate-a-quarter-of-tumblrs-users-are-thereto-consume-porn
Craven, Julia. “Tumblr Is Betraying The Sex Workers And NSFW Artists Who Relied On The Platform.” HuffPost. December 4, 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tumblr-sex-workers-nsfw-artists-lose_n_5c0714fbe4b0fc236111037e
Farokhmanesh, Megan. “Overwatch is still king of Tumblr, but self-generated fandom rules the rest.” The Verge. November 30, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18116858/overwatch-gaming-tumblr-fandom
Goldberg, Ella. “‘Humanitarians of Tinder’ Tumblr Will Make You Want To Drop Yoga And Pick Up Digging Wells.” HuffPost. April 14, 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/humanitarians-of-tinder_n_5174486
Hern, Alex. “Images of Jesus and superheroes caught up in Tumblr porn ban.” The Guardian. December 4, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/04/images-of-jesus-superheroes-caught-up-tumblr-porn-ban
Ho, Vivian. “Tumblr’s adult content ban dismays some users: ‘It was a safe space’.” The Guardian. December 4, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/03/tumblr-adult-content-ban-lgbt-community-gender
Liao, Shannon. “Tumblr is already flagging innocent posts as porn.” The Verge. December 3, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/3/18124461/tumblr-adult-content-porn-ban-flagging-errors-algorithm-fail
Liao, Shannon. “Tumblr’s adult content ban means the death of unique blogs that explore sexuality.” The Verge. December 6, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18124260/tumblr-porn-ban-sexuality-blogs-unique
Liao, Shannon. “Tumblr porn vanishes today.” The Verge. December 17, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/17/18141106/tumblr-porn-ban-adult-content-appeal
Liao, Shannon, Jon Porter, and Andrew Liptak. “The fallout from Tumblr’s porn ban.” The Verge. November 17, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18129532/tumblr-nsfw-porn-ban-fallout-storystream-updates-news
Mahdawi, Arwa. “Social media sites should focus less on nipples and more on Nazis.” The Guardian. December 8, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/08/week-in-patriarchy-nipples-tumblr-social-media
Miller, Hunter. “NSFW Nude Selfies We Can Totally Get Behind.” Popculture.com. July 14, 2018. http://popculture.com/culture/2017/07/14/nude-selfies-nsfw-photos-instagram/
Ohlheiser, Abby. “Before Tumblr Announced Plan to Ban Adult Content, it Was a Safe Space for Exploring Identity.” Washington Post. December 4, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/04/before-tumblr-banned-adult-content-it-was-safe-space-exploring-identity/
Peterson, Tim. “Tumblr’s Ad Difficulties: Buyers Love Tumblr, Love Scale More.” Adweek. October 8, 2012: 11. https://www.adweek.com/digital/buyers-love-tumblr-love-scale-more-144291/.
Romano, Aja. “Tumblr Is Banning Adult Content. It’s About So Much More Than Porn.” Vox. December 17, 2018. https://www.vox.com/2018/12/4/18124120/tumblr-porn-adult-content-ban-user-backlash
Rosenberg, Eli. “Tumblr’s nudity ban removes one of the last major refuges for pornography on social media.” The Washington Post. December 3, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/04/tumblrs-nudity-crackdown-means-pornography-will-be-harder-find-its-platform-than-nazi-propaganda/
Roux, Liara. “Tumblr’s Plan To Make The Internet Safer Will Make The World More Dangerous For My Community.” HuffPost. December 7, 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-tumblr-ban-sex-work-porn_n_5c09af57e4b04046345a86b1
Sarappo, Emma. “How Tumblr Taught Social Justice to a Generation of Teenagers.” Pacific Standard. December 13, 2018. https://psmag.com/social-justice/how-tumblr-taught-social-justice-to-a-generation-of-teenagers
Silverman, Nick. “Russian Trolls Ran Wild on Tumblr And The Company Refuses to Say Anything About It.” BuzzFeed News. February 6, 2018. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/russian-trolls-ran-wild-on-tumblr-and-the-company-refuses
Stephen, Bijan. “Tumblr’s porn ban could be its downfall – after all, it happened to LiveJournal.” The Verge. December 6, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18127869/tumblr-livejournal-porn-ban-strikethrough
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “When Tumblr Bans Porn, Who Loses?.” Vox. December 4, 2018. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/4/18126112/tumblr-porn-ban-verizon-adgoals-sex-work-fandom
2019
November 6, 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20948596/tumblr-group-chats-fandom-privacy-direct-messaging-safety-mobile
Badham, Van. “‘Mentrification’: how men appropriated computers, beer and The Beatles.” The Guardian. May 28, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/29/mentrification-how-men-appropriated-computers-beer-and-the-beatles
Broderick, Ryan. “Tumblr Has A New Owner – Which Isn’t Pornhub – And It Intends to Keep the Porn Ban.” BuzzFeed News. August 12, 2019. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/tumblr-has-a-new-ownerwhich-isnt-pornhuband-it-intends-to
Bromwich, Jonah Engel. “What’s Next for Tumblr?” The New York Times. August 23, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/style/tumblr-matt-mullenweg-interview.html
Degas, Edgar. “Tumblr’s NSFW Purge Is Scattering the Queer Adult.” The Daily Dot. January 12, 2019. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/tumblr-nsfw-ban-queer-adult-artists/
Godwin, Richard. “How the internet is changing language as we know it (ikr lol).” The Guardian. October 11, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/11/how-to-speak-internet-online-writing-richard-godwin
Miller, Hollis. “3 Tumblr Artists Share Their Visions For Pride Month.” HuffPost. June 18, 2019. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tumblr-artists-pride-month_n_5d013c14e4b0985c4196eb3e
Mims, Christopher. “Tumblr and the End of the Eyeballs- Are-Everything Era.” Wall Street Journal. August 17, 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tumblr-and-the-end-of-the-eyeballs-are-everything-era-11566014411
Reed, Jason. “Tumblr’s getting a new owner; does that mean porn is back?” The Daily Dot. August 13, 2019. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/automattic-tumblr-porn/
Romano, Aja. “Tumblr’s adult content ban is about so much more than porn.” Vox. December 17, 2019. https://www.vox.com/2018/12/4/18124120/tumblr-porn-adult-content-ban-user-backlash
Romano, Aja. “WordPress Could Give Tumblr the Thing It Needs Most: Stability.” Vox. August 13, 2019. https://www.vox.com/2019/8/13/20802751/wordpress-tumblrsale-porn-ban-future
Siegel, Rachel. “Tumblr once sold for $1.1 billion. The owner of WordPress just bought the site for a fraction of that.” The Washington Post. August 13, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/13/tumblr-once-sold-billion-owner-wordpress-just-bought-site-fraction-that/
Leskin, Paige. “13 things that are worth more than Tumblr’s $3 million price tag, from an empty lot in San Francisco to a two-bedroom luxury apartment in New York.” Business Insider. August 16,
Liao, Shannon. “After the porn ban, Tumblr users have ditched the platform as promised.” The Verge. March 14, 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18266013/tumblr-porn-ban-lost-users-down-traffic
Swisher, Kara. “Who Killed Tumblr? We All Did.” The New York Times. August 14, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/opinion/tumblr-sold.html
Watercutter, Angela. “The Internet Needs Tumblr More Than Ever.” Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/tumblr-reinvigorated/
2020
Alexander, Julia. “Tumblr is rolling out an internet literacy initiative to help combat misinformation and cyberbullying.” The Verge. January 6, 2020. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/6/21048134/tumblr-misinformation-2020-election-cyberbullying-digital-literacy
Baig, Eg. “Tumblr Guide for Newbies.” USA Today. October 3, 2020.
Gelles, David. “You Can Take Your Job Home With You.” The New York Times. July 19, 2020.
Boutin, Paul. “Sharing Online, but With More Than 140 Characters.” The New York Times. October 14, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/technology/personaltech/14basics.html
Statt, Nick. “Tumblr will now remove all reblogs of posts that violate its hate speech policy.” The Verge. May 4, 2020. https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/4/21247437/tumblr-hate-speech-reblog-removal-nazis-white-supremacist-content
Urwin, Rosamund, and Esme O’Keeffe. “Social media make girls think choking during sex is ‘normal’.” The Times. January 26, 2020. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/social-media-make-girls-think-choking-during-sex-is-normal-0jlrgf2b0
unlisted
Alexander, Julia. “Tumblr is launching a new group messaging feature built with fandoms in mind.” The Verge.
Davis, Sammy. “So What Do You Do, David Karp, Founder of Tumblr?”
Tumblr. “Counseling and Prevention Resources.” Tumblr. https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/counseling_prevention_resources
“Whatshouldwecallme.” http://whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com/.