The departure of Flickr's co-founders follows the earlier resignation of Jeff Weiner, who was executive vice president of Yahoo's network division.
Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the Flickr photo-sharing site Yahoo acquired in 2005, are leaving the Internet giant.
Fake's last day was June 13, and Butterfield's will be July 12, Yahoo spokeswoman Terrell Karlsten said. "Obviously Stewart and Caterina have made tremendous contributions to Yahoo. We appreciate all their work and wish them well," she said.
The pair join a small but notable parade of Yahoo departures. Among others in the last week are Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of the network division; Usama Fayyad, chief data officer and EVP of research and strategic data solutions; and Jeremy Zawodny, a top programmer and advocate of what's now become the Yahoo Open Strategy.
Yahoo said the departures weren't the result of a reorganisation or other internal action. "People are making personal decisions," said spokeswoman Jennifer Stephens Acree.
Flickr is one of the major "starting points" Yahoo is promoting as an effort to revitalise its website, moving to an approach that emphasises top properties. Flickr is a major force on the Internet, housing not just vast numbers of photos but also active groups devoted to discussing subjects such as new camera technology and photography techniques and to rating each other's images.
Meanwhile, the Flickr community is discussing the change — at Flickr.
Jeff Weiner is joining two venture capital firms, Accel Partnerse and Greylock Partners as an "executive in residence".
"Weiner will advise the leadership teams of existing Accel and Greylock consumer technology portfolio companies, and will also work closely with the [company's] partners to evaluate new investment opportunities," both companies said.
According to a memo from Yahoo President Susan Decker, reported on TechCrunch, "On an interim basis, Jeff's team will report to me as we consider how to best move the organisation forward."
Kakul Srivastava, who has been general manager for about a month, will continue in that role, Karlsten added.
