[6][7] The resulting subsidiary entity was briefly called Oath Inc.[4][8][9] In December 2018, Verizon announced it would write-down the combined value of its purchases of AOL and Yahoo!

by $4.6 billion, roughly half;[10] the company was renamed Verizon Media the following month in January 2019.

[11] On May 3, 2021, Verizon announced that 90 percent of the division would be acquired by American private equity firm Apollo Global Management for roughly $5 billion, and would simply be known as Yahoo!

[2][16] A year after the completion of the AOL acquisition, Verizon announced a $4.8 billion deal for Yahoo!

announced in September and December 2016 two major Internet security breaches affecting more than a billion customers.

purchase were led by Verizon's management team, including Lowell McAdam (CEO), Marni Walden (EVP Product) and Tim Armstrong.

[10] Walden had been tasked with merging the two entities and delivering on the promise of moving Verizon from an analog to digital platforms business.

[27][28] On September 12, 2018, it was announced that K. Guru Gowrappan would succeed Tim Armstrong as CEO, effective October 1.

This move raised objections that it harms their LGBTQ community, sexual abuse survivors, sex workers, adult content blogs, and other bloggers.

[11] In August 2019, Verizon sold Tumblr to Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, for an undisclosed amount that was reportedly less than $3 million.

include:[44] It had partial ownership of Moviefone's former parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., until its liquidation in 2020.