Wikipedia gears up for explosion in digital media
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- Wikipedia gears up for explosion in digital media
- Wikimedia taps mystery sugardaddy for advisory board
- Many minds make Wiki work
Wikipedia gears up for explosion in digital media
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Wikimedia taps mystery sugardaddy for advisory board
Register UK
This morning the non-for-profit behind Wikipedia announced the appointment of Roger McNamee the man who runs Elevation Partners a San Francisco-based venture capital firm whose partners include U2 frontman Bono. According to former Wikimedia employees McNamee’s Elevation Partners has.
Many minds make Wiki work
The Age Australia
The aim was to raise $US6 million ($A8. 4 million) over thecourse of six months. Wikipedia with the charismatic andself-confessed autocrat Jimmy Wales at the helm announced onJanuary 1 that it had met its target. Is $US6 million all it takes to fund the world’s largest onlineknowledge bank? It has about 8 million entries translated into morethan 200 languages.
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