Craig Newmark
The Wikimedia Foundation taps $2.5M from Craig Newmark to beef up its security
Last week, users around the world found Wikipedia down after the online, crowdsourced encyclopedia became the target of a massive, sustained DDoS attack — one that it is still actively…
The Markup faces staff exodus and funder scrutiny following ouster of Julia Angwin
The Markup appears to be facing a staff revolt — and its financial backers may be reconsidering their support — following the firing of editor-in-chief Julia Angwin. When the site…
The Markup, a tech-focused investigative news site, raises $20 million from Craigslist founder
Celebrated former ProPublica investigative journalists Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson are launching their newest venture, the investigative nonprofit news organization called The Markup, with help from some big donors including Craigslist…
Crunch Report | YouTube TV Is Live
An in-depth review of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch, YouTube launches YouTube TV, Uber’s CEO apologizes for being mean to a driver and Craig Newmark donates $1 million to ProPublica.…
Craigslist founder donates $1M to investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica
The Craig Newmark Foundation just annoucned that it has donated $1 million to ProPublica. The foundation says that Newmark (either personally or through the foundation) made multiple millions of dollars…
Craig Newmark puts $500K towards reducing harassment on Wikipedia
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has donated half a million dollars towards Wikipedia’s “Community health initiative,” aimed at reducing harassment and vandalism on the site and improve the tools moderators use…
It’s time for men to champion women in tech
Men have a critical role to play in bringing about gender equality in the tech community, if we get our act together…
Craigslist Founder Launches craigconnects: "The Biggest Thing In My Life"
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has just launched craigconnects, which he says is a long-term initiative to “connect and protect organizations that are doing good stuff”. Newmark on the site’s homepage…
Scoble, Newmark and Foremski talk about the Traveling Geeks trip in London
Robert Scoble, Craig Newmark and Tom Foremski discuss what they have learned so far on the Traveling Geeks tour in London and what differences they see between Silicon Valley and…