{"id":3173,"date":"2005-02-25T22:30:15","date_gmt":"2005-02-26T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/25\/flickr-being-bought-byeverybody\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:55:00","slug":"flickr-being-bought-byeverybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/25\/flickr-being-bought-byeverybody\/","title":{"rendered":"Flickr being bought by&#8230;everybody?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8290,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.yahoo.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310091457\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.yahoo.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.yahoo.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 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11:29:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>For the past few days, rumors have been flying around that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/\" title=\"Yahoo!\">Yahoo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigaom.com\/2005\/02\/23\/flickr-yahoo-marriage-in-the-works\/\" title=\"Om Malik on Broadband: Flickr, Yahoo deal in the works?\">is<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/business2.blogs.com\/business2blog\/2005\/02\/flickr_yahoo_de.html\" title=\"business2blog: Flickr, Yahoo Deal Rumored\">buying<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\" title=\"Flickr\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the truth of the matter, never let it be said that Flickr isn&#8217;t handling the rumors with good grace and a sense of humor. While the general public won&#8217;t see anything different, logged-in users are seeing a new logo on the page. Even funnier, the filename for the graphic is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/images\/gossipgossipgossip.gif\" title=\"gossipgossipgossip.gif\"><code>gossipgossipgossip.gif<\/code><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at just what we&#8217;ve got, then:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/02\/graphics\/flickrlogo-1.jpg\" height=\"286\" width=\"405\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Flickr Gossip\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Rat Poison%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Rat Poison' on the iTMS\">Rat Poison<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DProdigy, The%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Prodigy, The on the iTMS\">Prodigy, The<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=Voodoo People%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Voodoo People on the iTMS\">Voodoo People<\/a><\/em> (1995, 5:31).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few days, rumors have been flying around that Yahoo is buying Flickr. 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