07 December
2006
On what you don't need to say ...
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster at the UBS Global Media Conference
Jim Buckmaster gets the analyst asking "How do you plan to maximize revenue?"
His response: “That definitely is not part of the equation. It’s not part of the goal.” They're dumbfounded.
Jim runs Craigslist, which has eroded the newspaper's lock on classified ads. Newspapers are on life support - and he doesn't appear to want the money he's taking away from them. Read more...
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12 December
2006
Anger and Schadenfreude at YouTube / Craigslist / Google / ...
When you can't beat'em, just bad mouth them
Business wimps are shouting again - this time about craigslist. Was YouTube a few months ago.
Calling them "communists" (NYT blog comments), 'trust-afarians’, 'anti-competitive' (MediaPost blog comments), and other silly things. They are mad as hell and wishing bad on CL. Why? Read more...
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Anger and Schadenfreude at YouTube / Craigslist / Google / ...
When you can't beat'em, just bad mouth them
Business wimps are shouting again - this time about craigslist. Was YouTube a few months ago.
Calling them "communists" (NYT blog comments), 'trust-afarians’, 'anti-competitive' (MediaPost blog comments), and other silly things. They are mad as hell and wishing bad on CL. Why? Read more...
Continue reading "Anger and Schadenfreude at YouTube / Craigslist / Google / ..."