It is the internet's favourite sharing service for comedy photos and quirky images, but Imgur is now reportedly at the centre of some very grown-up negotiations that could see it bought by Yahoo. $ h3 P7 f* q0 m8 {0 ]
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Talks between Yahoo and Imgur began this autumn, according to a source talking to Business Insider, but this would be just the latest statement acquisition by Yahoo’s chief executive Marissa Mayer.4 H# w3 v! c1 H5 l# l8 V! j
0 e7 w7 x7 q; ZSince leaving Google in 2012, Mayer has bought dozens of popular web startups, including paying $1.1bn for blogging site Tumblr and £18m for news app Summly.+ c7 b; r3 r+ C+ ?, g$ m/ X; G5 j/ u
( G1 h8 D0 X* O1 x3 N# iWith more than 100 million users, and generating money through ads and image-hosting services for companies as well as recently tested sponsored images, Imgur would be a significant addition to Yahoo's stable of consumer services.
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