Wikia (commercial Wikipedia alternative) gets a new CEO

Wikia — the commercial venture of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — has just hired a new CEO. Gil Penchina is late of eBay, where I knew him as a super-sharp guy who really got that what made eBay work was its passionate users. Wikia recruits users to create open, copylefted wikis on subjects that don't fit into an encyclopedia like Wikipedia, such as big wikis for fans of the TV show "Lost."

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(Thanks, Suzy!)