Archive for June 6th, 2006

bizjournals:
Wikia Inc., a for-profit company founded 18 months ago by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, hired Gil Penchina as its CEO on Monday.
Penchina was vice president and general manager at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY).
Wales and Angela Beesley started Menlo Park-based Wikia to allow for subscription and advertising supported “wikis” or user-created communities similar to Wikipedia, which is […]

mediabuyerplanner: 
eBay will be launching eBay Blogs to give sellers an opportunity to market themselves, and also plans to launch an eBay Community Wiki, AuctionBytes.com reports (via MarketingVOX and Micro Persuasion). Both will be officially launched at eBay Live, in Las Vegas, June 13-15. eBay is already using blogs and wikis internally, having changed its newsletter, […]

 webpronews:
No explanation has been given for the demise of the reality show “Buy It Now,” which ABC has been forced to remove from its summer lineup, a Broadcasting & Cable article noted.
Online selling site eBay would have been central to the plot, which had families selling assorted possessions through the site to fund their dream […]

thewisemarketer: 
E Consumer Finance, a unit of General Electric Company, with eBay and PayPal, is launching a new PayPal Plus Credit Card, a MasterCard that features a rewards programme for PayPal users. The card is an expansion of the relationship originally created in 2004 for GE to offer PayPal Buyer Credit, a private label, revolving credit […]

freeP.com: 
A former White Lake Township figurine dealer who ripped off more than $300,000 from eBay customers in an online scam was sentenced Monday to more than six years in prison — a hefty penalty that surprised both the prosecution and defense.
“I have to send a message to Americans that there will be swift and sure […]