Recode Decode: Craigslist founder Craig Newmark

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his foundation's recent donation of $20 million to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Newmark says the school is advancing good journalism by providing opportunities to people who might not otherwise get them. He also talks about his other philanthropic work, helping veterans and women in tech as well as working with voting rights organizations, calling the 2018 midterms "critical for American democracy." Plus: Why Newmark is optimistic about the future of media in the age of Facebook and Twitter, how Craigslist evolved from an email list into the powerhouse it is today and why he's not interested in selling it or going public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large at RECODE.
0:38.1	You may know me as the subject of countless misconnections on Craigslist, but in my spare
0:41.8	time I talk tech and you're listening to RECODE decode from the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:46.5	Today in the red chair is Craig Newmark, with them for a very long time.
0:49.8	He's the founder of Craigslist.
0:51.5	He's also the founder of Craig Newmark, Philanthropies, which supports a range of causes,
0:55.4	including voter protection, veterans, women in tech, and journalism.
0:59.0	I wanted to have him on the show this week when I saw that he had just donated $20 million
1:03.6	to the SUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
1:06.0	Craig, welcome to RECODE decode.
1:07.8	Hey, that's a pleasure to be here.
1:09.6	You've never been to this week.
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