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Airbnb, NYC agree to end their fight over host data-sharing

13Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Airbnb, NYC agree to end their fight over host data-sharing

New York, Jun 12, 2020 (AP): Airbnb and New York City will settle their fight over a law that sought to limit housing rental increases by requiring short-term rental platforms to share information about their listings, the two sides announced Friday. Under the agreement, the San Francisco-based Airbnb will dismiss its federal lawsuit against the city and the New York City Council will amend a 2018 law that required home-sharing platforms to provide detailed data on all their listings. Under the amended law, home-sharing companies will still be required to provide information including addresses and names of hosts, but the law will apply only to listings that offer an entire home or that allow three or more guests to stay at one time.The data will have to be provided on a quarterly ba...

NYC could lose 475,000 jobs, $9.7 bn in tax revenue

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Tumblr Relocates offices to Yahoo’s Headquarters

Yahoo is making sure that Tumblr, the company they acquired in 2013 for $1.1 billion, will adapt to the culture of the previously most popular search engine by welcoming them in their New York headquarters. Indeed, the integrality of Tumblr’s New York City headquarters staff is set to be transferred in Yahoo’s Midtown Manhattan office. Several Tumblr employees confirmed the news under anonymity and their NYC office in the Flatiron district will be no more than a memory coming the end of this month. “We are looking forward to Tumblr’s move to Oath’s NYC headquarters,” said Simon Khalaf, Oath’s head of media and products. “It’s a natural progression for us to bring the Oath family of brands together as we continue to foster collaboration and build brands people love.” Tumblr’s purch...