rss
05-02-2014, 10:32 PM
Wikipedia Gets a New Boss: 'This Is Big in Every Way'
http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA1LzAyL2ZkL0xpbGFfVHJldGlrLjg2M2IwLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/f4410b27/731/Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_2.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Wikipedia+Gets+a+New+Boss%3A+%27This+Is+Big+i n+Every+Way%27&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05%2F02%2Fw ikimedia-lila-tretikov%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05 %2F02%2Fwikimedia-lila-tretikov%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
Wikimedia, the organization that runs Wikipedia, has named Lila Tretikov as its new executive director.
The former chief product ******r for software company SugarCRM will take over for current director Sue Gardner on June 1, the organization an**unced in a press release (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WMF_an**unces_new_ED_Lila_Tretikov).
See also: What the World’s Biggest Websites Looked Like at Launch (http://mashable.com/2011/12/11/old-web-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Wikipedia remains one of the most popular websites in the world. Wikimedia's family of sites routinely ranks in the top 10 (http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2014/3/comScore_Media_Metrix_Ranks_Top_50_US_Desktop_Web_ Properties_for_February_2014) of comScore's Media Matrix of U.S. web properties.
“When I got the news, I thought, 'This is big in every way: A big website — the fifth most popular in the world. A big community — 80,000 active Wikimedians from around the globe. And a big mission — **thing less than making the sum of all human k**wledge freely available to all,’” Tretikov said in the release. “When I thought about why I wanted to take on a challenge this big, the answer was clear: Becoming a Wikimedian is an opportunity to be part of something bigger than ourselves.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/wikimedia-lila-tretikov/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/c9VmuUQU2sU
http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA1LzAyL2ZkL0xpbGFfVHJldGlrLjg2M2IwLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/f4410b27/731/Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_2.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Wikipedia+Gets+a+New+Boss%3A+%27This+Is+Big+i n+Every+Way%27&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05%2F02%2Fw ikimedia-lila-tretikov%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05 %2F02%2Fwikimedia-lila-tretikov%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
Wikimedia, the organization that runs Wikipedia, has named Lila Tretikov as its new executive director.
The former chief product ******r for software company SugarCRM will take over for current director Sue Gardner on June 1, the organization an**unced in a press release (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WMF_an**unces_new_ED_Lila_Tretikov).
See also: What the World’s Biggest Websites Looked Like at Launch (http://mashable.com/2011/12/11/old-web-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Wikipedia remains one of the most popular websites in the world. Wikimedia's family of sites routinely ranks in the top 10 (http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2014/3/comScore_Media_Metrix_Ranks_Top_50_US_Desktop_Web_ Properties_for_February_2014) of comScore's Media Matrix of U.S. web properties.
“When I got the news, I thought, 'This is big in every way: A big website — the fifth most popular in the world. A big community — 80,000 active Wikimedians from around the globe. And a big mission — **thing less than making the sum of all human k**wledge freely available to all,’” Tretikov said in the release. “When I thought about why I wanted to take on a challenge this big, the answer was clear: Becoming a Wikimedian is an opportunity to be part of something bigger than ourselves.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/wikimedia-lila-tretikov/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/c9VmuUQU2sU