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http://pando.com/2015/06/19/pierre-omidyars-corporate-spying...

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Pierre Omidyar’s corporate spying scandal buried for good as eBay sells Craigslist stake

BY MARK AMES

ON JUNE 19, 2015

It didn’t get much attention, but eBay just quietly unloaded its 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist, putting to rest one of the most sordid episodes in Silicon Valley, in which eBay executives — including First Look Media publisher Pierre Omidyar and HP chief Meg Whitman — were directly implicated in corporate spying, stealing secrets, and exploiting Craigslist’s anti-capitalist idealism.

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Wow, that is way worse than I thought. Disgusting.




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