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Ask Craig Newmark anything you want!

By Owen Thomas, 2:32 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007, 580 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The Freakonomics blog is inviting readers to pose questions for Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster to be asked in an upcoming Q&A. The blog's readers have already started to make pointed suggestions, but none has stepped forward to ask this question: Exactly how much money did Newmark and Buckmaster make when eBay took a stake in their company?

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