My busy sometimes co-blogger Peter writes:
"I was just reading about the company "Wikia," which is owned by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Interestingly, he #2 most active wiki is an academic jobs info wiki:
http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities_and_Social_Science_Postdocs_2009-2010
(The most active wiki is lostpedia, the wiki about the TV Series LOST)
Jimmy Wales doesn't "own" Wikia, Inc. There's $14 million invested in it by various venture capitalists and Amazon. Do you really think Jimmy Wales has anything more than a continuing small minority stake in the company?
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