The Local Onliner (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Craigslist is arguably the number one real estate site with real estate-oriented page views in the “low billions per month.” So it makes sense to have founder Craig Newmark address the first day of the Inman Real Estate Conference in San Francisco. Newmark never reveals very much about the service, humbly referring to himself as just [...]
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Advertising Age Craig Newmark -- the man who is supposedly killing newspapers -- wants to get better informed about the presidential election. "Hence, subscribing to the Times," he says. More from Nat Ives ' piece on the Times and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. : * "Whether you love or hate the Times, it plays a big part in setting the national agenda," writes Ives. "Its brand depends on maintaining...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) announced today that Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, will be a keynote speaker at the
rev2.org (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
I just finished reading an intriguing open letter from Steve Outing. The letter was addressed to Craig Newmark, who is the founder of Craigslist . Outing suggest that Craigslist considers four things that could help save Newspapers. Although he attributes the downturn of the newspaper industy on Craigslist, he also considers Craig Newmark a compassionate member of society. Here are his thoughts: Allow...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Steve Outing has written a very interesting open letter to Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, on how the classifieds site can help newspapers survive...well, technically newspaper sites, and the focus being on saving journalism, not an outdated print model. Among his ideas: -- Allow local newspapers to scrape Craigslist ads -- Allow consumers to place ads on Craigslist via newspaper websites...
Poynter Online (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Brian Solis, via Flickr (CC license) Could Craiglist founder Craig Newmark end up helping to save journalism? Last Friday on Reinventing Classifieds former Tidbits editor Steve Outing posted an open letter to the founders of Craigslist . In a nutshell, Outing: Congratulated Craigslist on their continued success. Reminded founders Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster that Craigslist has "played a role...
eJewish Philanthropy (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
As many of you probably know, the Craigslist Foundation’s 2008 Nonprofit Bootcamp is coming up in NYC on August 16th at The NYU Skirball Center. Not only will you have a chance to meet Craig Newmark and hear Majora Carter speak (among»
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Craigslist Founder, Craig Newmark on his TreeHugger Habits Craig Newmark , Founder of Craigslist , was kind enough to send in a short video for our TreeHugger Tips series explaining the small things he does out of concern for the environment. He touches on conserving resources by using less stuff and reusing what ...
Matt's blog (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Initiating a dialogue with ISPs on how to protect social sites from exploitation, Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, asked network operators to trust that users will voluntarily report abuse and to cooperate with sites in building a safe online environment at the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) general meeting in San Francisco held Feb. 18-20. Over...
Digital Daily - All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
During a 2005 panel discussion about the future of newspapers, a photo of craigslist founder Craig Newmark was displayed and attendees were asked whether or not they recognized him or his name. Few did. Conduct the same experiment today and the results would be much different. Newmark’s name and photo would almost certainly be recognized, and perhaps met with brief attacks of intense terror and apprehension...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Hookers and eBay, shares and cops. If Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, had an attorney on staff with them, would that have prevented questionable legal moves by the founder and CEO of the world's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Craig Newmark takes his day job pretty serious. The founder of Craigslist, the online classified site, stopped by the Post yesterday and told us how he spends a lot of his time doing customer service -- especially watching out for anything offensive that might get posted to the site. He also downplayed the site's impact on the newspaper business. The free classifieds often have been cited as a reason...
Law.com (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Craig Newmark created Craigslist in 1995 as a hobby. Over the past decade, Craigslist has enjoyed a magical ride along the information superhighway, making millions from its online classified ads. But in April the pavement suddenly got rough. Craigslist was sued by its minority partner, the Internet auction giant eBay Inc., then quickly countersued. Now some observers wonder whether the company needs...
Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Craig Newmark, the founder of online classified site Craigslist, stopped by The Post today to proclaim his admiration and support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. And in case we weren't convinced of his conviction, Newmark proved it by showing off his Obama wristwatch with gold hour and minute hands ticking across the candidate's face. So what does Newmark the Libertarian do for...
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Craig Newmark , founder of Craigslist , talks about personal democracy, peer-to-peer communication, and his pursuits beyond Craigslist. Event: Craig Newmark will take part in the Personal Democracy Forum at Lincoln Center next week.
