Just minutes ago I received an email from Yahoo! telling me that Delicious has a new owner. Delicious will, apparently, continue in its current form only until “approximately” July of this year. Here’s a portion of the email:

Dear Delicious User,

Yahoo! is excited to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, Hurley and Chen have firsthand expertise enabling millions of consumers to share their experiences with the world. Delicious will become part of their new Internet company, AVOS.

To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS. After a transition period and after your bookmarks are transferred, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.

This doesn’t come as a huge surprise, given the rumor that Yahoo! was shutting Delicious down last December and the more recent rumor that the service had been sold to a competitor.

For more on Delicious’s acquisition, check out Mashable’s story: YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious From Yahoo.