Craig Newmark
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 Craig Newmark in 2006, at the Time 100
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| Born | December 6, 1952 Hillside, New Jersey |
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| Known for | Founder of the website Craigslist |
Craig Alexander Newmark (born 6 December 1952 in Hillside, New Jersey) is an Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based website Craigslist.
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[edit] Early life and background
Newmark graduated from Morristown High School, in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1971.[1] Upon graduation he attended college at Case Western Reserve University for a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
[edit] Career
Newmark is a vocal advocate of keeping the Internet free. He has donated $10,000 to a non-profit group, NewAssignment.Net, which plans to combine the work of amateurs and professionals to produce investigative stories on the Internet.[2]
Newmark resides in San Francisco's Cole Valley and is active at Craigslist in customer service, mostly dealing with spammers and scammers.[3]
On April 25 2009, Newmark stated Craigslist would not remove the 'erotic' section from its website. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had requested he change the section by removing pictures and screen pictures and ads that violate Craigslist's terms of service.[4] Similar calls by community groups had arisen in recent months after an MSNBC program linked Craiglist with prostitution in various US cities.[citation needed]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ "Web guru hails from Morristown", Daily Record (Morristown), June 26, 2004.
- ^ Usborne, Ryan (November 23, 2005). "Entrepreneur taps mistrust of media for new venture". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article328715.ece. Retrieved on 2006-02-08.
- ^ "The Josh Kornbluth Show: Craig Newmark" (SWF). KQED-TV / Google. October 172005. 27 minute runtime. http://video.google.com/url?vidurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-8625237967610875547%26q%3D%2522craig%2Bnewmark%2522&docid=-8625237967610875547&ev=v&esrc=sr2&usg=AL29H23YFIRPrIn_8GN7d2_fXWBJPEcXfA. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
- ^ Tucker, Eric (April 25, 2009). "Craigslist founder isn't closing 'erotic' section". AP. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090425/ap_on_re_us/us_craigslist_killing;_ylt=Ap.pSPiIljI2N3FgaObQiPas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJuMGplOGRqBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNDI1L3VzX2NyYWlnc2xpc3Rfa2lsbGluZwRjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2NyYWlnc2xpc3Rmbw--. Retrieved on 2009-04-25.
[edit] References
- Usborne, Ryan (November 23, 2005). "Entrepreneur taps mistrust of media for new venture". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article328715.ece. Retrieved on 2006-02-08.
- Tingle, Greg (November 24, 2003). "Interview with Craig Newmark". Media Man. http://www.mediaman.com.au/interviews/newmark.html. Retrieved on 2006-02-08.
- Tucker, Eric (April 25, 2009). "Craigslist founder isn't closing 'erotic' section". AP. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090425/ap_on_re_us/us_craigslist_killing;_ylt=Ap.pSPiIljI2N3FgaObQiPas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJuMGplOGRqBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNDI1L3VzX2NyYWlnc2xpc3Rfa2lsbGluZwRjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2NyYWlnc2xpc3Rmbw--. Retrieved on 2009-04-25.
- "Web guru hails from Morristown". Daily Record (Morristown). June 26, 2004. http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-Craigslist.htm. Retrieved on 2004-04-29.
[edit] External links
- craigblog, Craig Newmark's personal blog
- Web 2.0 and People's Populism Video of Newmark's presentation at NYU Stern School of Business.
- "Craig$list.com" by Ryan Blitstein, SF Weekly, November 30, 2005.
- Interview with Craig Newmark in Wired Magazine, Sept 2004
- "26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs". Inc. Magazine.
- A conversation with craigslist.com founder, Craig Newmark on Charlie Rose
- Newmark interview with The Young Turks.
