In (Partial) Defense of Flickr
Vision Slightly Blurred
English - January 13, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB - ★★★★ - 38 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Technology photography photographer culture technology business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On December 19, 2019, Flickr (and Smugmug) CEO Don MacAskill posted a letter entitled “The world’s most-beloved, money-losing business needs your help.” MacAskill described how Smugmug saved Flickr from an imminent demise at the hands of Verizon, and how the company needed the photo community to step up to staunch the money-losing operation.
Was the plea an honest and transparent message, or an admission that MacAskill made a critical mistake in acquiring the company. Online reaction was swift, but not necessarily fair. In this episode of Vision Slightly Blurred, PhotoShelter co-founder Allen Murabayashi shares his thoughts from his experience as an entrepreneur within the photo space, and his hopes for Flickr moving forward.