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  • May 2008
    • List Guy Craig Branches Out

      List Guy Craig Branches Out

      (Newser) - Everyone knows Craigslist, but Craig himself is getting a little restless. Craig Newmark is spending more time and money on outside projects, the New York Times reports, even with his company in a high-profile tiff with eBay. Newmark, 55, says he spends half his time on customer-service issues, the other half on public-service projects and causes like Barack Obama's campaign. More »

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      Barack Obama   eBay   journalism   Craigslist   classified ads   Craig Newmark

  • April 2008
    • EBay Sues Craigslist as 'Family' Kerfuffle Gets Nasty

      EBay Sues Craigslist as 'Family' Kerfuffle Gets Nasty

      (Newser) - The uneasy relationship between Craigslist and eBay, its competitor-turned-minority shareholder, has taken a turn for the worse. EBay has filed a lawsuit against Craigslist, accusing the classified ad site of "unfairly" diluting the auction giant's stake in it by 10%, the New York Times reports. Craigslist has fired back, calling eBay "unethical" and accusing it of aiming for a hostile takeover. More »

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      eBay   Craigslist   classified ads   Craig Newmark   Kijiji

  • March 2007
    • Newmark Brains Scammers

      Newmark Brains Scammers

      (Newser) - “We are not really that high-tech of a company,” the man who brought classifieds into the Internet age, Craig’s List founder Newmark, tells the New York Observer, explaining why he uses a combo of customer feedback and his own memory—instead of techie solutions like IP-address blockers or email tracing—to track the real estate scammers who populate the site. More »

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      Internet   technology   fraud   real estate   Craigslist   NYPD   entrepreneurs   online fraud   New York real estate   Craig Newmark

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