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Yahoo: TUMBLR, according to Times Colonist. HEADQUARTERS: New York Yahoo is paying $1.1 billion to buy the popular blogging site Tumblr. It's part of Yahoo's comeback efforts, after years in a financial funk. Tumblr will give Yahoo more opportunities to sell advertising. Here's how the two companies compare: FOUNDED: February 2007 by software consultant David Karp and Web developer Marco Arment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.