Another amazing web phenomenon: $6,200,000 donated to a free, non-profit, no-ad site: >From http://tinyurl.com/aykfzg With the help of over 125,000 donors from around the world, the Wikimedia Foundation raised a total of $6.2 million, sustaining Wikipedia for the foreseeable future. The money will be used to maintain and grow the foundation's technical infrastructure. "This campaign has proven that Wikipedia matters to its users, and that our users strongly support our mission: to bring free knowledge to the planet, free of charge and free of advertising," Jimmy Wales...wrote in a thank you letter .... The Wikimedia Foundation was behind in its total contributions in late December, but Wales published a personal appeal on the foundation's site to increase funding. In the eight days trailing that message, more than 50,000 contributions flooded in, totaling $2 million and closing the gap toward the goal. _Wikimedia Foundation raises $6.2 million for Wikipedia | Webware - CNET_ (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10130383-2.html) In a message dated 1/3/2009 5:13:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, marioa...@aol.com writes: In a message dated 1/3/2009 2:40:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, oakd...@yahoo.com writes:
And of course the net is great for PR, controversy etc. --------------------------------------------------------------- DanS posted a YouTube link this morning at 10:13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY YouTube - Uncle Jay Explains: Year-end! 12-22-08 When I checked it out, the video had 3,245,444 views. At this moment it now has 3,622,389 views. AN additional 376,945 hits in about 7 hours! At the end of the video, "Uncle Jay" gives a link to his site where he claims to help "Small Minds to Understand Big News." And there, from a clever witty man with an avuncular face, you can buy his CD. Now that's marketing! _YouTube - Uncle Jay Explains: Year-end! 12-22-08_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
