When Facebook confirmed that it had acquired Giphy last week for a cool $400 million, the reasons weren’t immediately apparent. Giphy has only the seeds of an advertising business, and GIFs aren’t a ...

The United Kingdom's antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook's acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts social media users and ...

Facebook bought GIPHY for $400 million Friday, with plans to more tightly integrate with Instagram. Axios was the first to report the deal. “By bringing Instagram and GIPHY together, we can make it ...

In a surprise move, Facebook has announced today that it is purchasing the popular GIF service Giphy. The deal is worth about $400M and Facebook’s initial plan will be to tie the GIF platform tightly ...

Facebook posted about its plans after buying GIPHY on its blog. While Facebook already used GIPHY’s API for WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and Facebook proper, the company is planning to integrate ...

Facebook has bought the GIF-sharing service Giphy, which will now be a part of Instagram. It plans to integrate Giphy’s library more deeply into Instagram (where GIFs are especially prevalent in ...

A few months ago, the team at the money-losing GIF search engine, Giphy, reached out to Facebook Inc. Might the social networking company be interested in an investment? Already, about half of Giphy’s ...

Facebook is acquiring Giphy, one of the most popular GIF-sharing sites on the web, in a deal that’s reportedly valued at $400 million. In Facebook’s official announcement, the company reveals Giphy ...

Facebook on Friday purchased online image database and search engine Giphy for $400 million. Giphy's website allows anyone to search for GIF image files, or moving images that play on a loop. GIFs are ...

If you are a brand working with Giphy today – either by having your own branded channel or paid promotion of your branded gifs, I really can't imagine much changing for you in the short term. In the ...

Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. 15 months ago, Facebook said it was buying the popular GIF ...

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