I have no idea how much eBay paid for their 25% stake
in the company but I'd wager it will pay for a great many
sushi dinners.
Craig.
At 02:54 PM 08/26/2004 -0500, Kirby McDaniel wrote:
>Hi, Craig - et al -
>Ask Craig, Craig, if that check from ebay will come in handy.
>Kirby McDaniel
>MovieArt
>On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Craig Miller wrote:
>
>> At 08:06 PM 08/15/2004 -0700, channinglylethomson wrote:
>>> 8/15/04
>>>
>>> It is with great sadness that I announce EBAY's acquisition of 25% of
>>> www.craigslist.com. In case you don't know craigslist, it is a
>>> virtual
>>> community bulletin board that has been in operation in major cities
>>> throughout the world. It offers free personal listings, free for sale
>>> listings, free job postings, rants and raves, political discussions,
>>> etc. The idea of craigslist is that it is a non-commercial, community
>>> based website that brings the virtual community together with little
>>> or
>>> no cost. There is minimal advertising, if any, and the site has a
>>> "plain jane" look that really has the feel of a community bulletin
>>> board. An example would be that if you have a pair of tickets for a
>>> concert and can't use them, you sell them for cost on craigslist.com
>>> and someone in the community gets to go for face value or less. It
>>> has
>>> never been about profit but has always been about communication. Now
>>> that the monster internet company EBAY has bitten into the pie, I can
>>> safely say that the days of craigslist as we know it are soon to be
>>> finished.
>>>
>>> Very sad indeed, Channing Thomson in San Francisco
>>
>> I haven't spoken with him about it but my friend Craig, who
>> founded and still runs Craigslist, isn't likely to make too
>> many changes.
>>
>> Craig.
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
>> ___________________________________________________________________
>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
>>
>> Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
>>
>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
>>
>
>
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
