Craig Newmark got himself a New York Times subscription because "he wanted to get better informed about the presidential election," and not as a throwaway gesture toward newspaper types that he isn't an assassin out to murder the entire industry. [AdAge]

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster complains that newspapers, who used to fawn over the 12-year-old bare-bones classifieds site, now bend over backward to trash it — and that the negative tone of those articles is being handed down by spurned execs who blame Craig Newmark for stealing their ad revenue.

Normally, we'd say it was a stupid move to criticize the media you accuse of criticizing you; that's just baiting 'em. But then again, it worked for Hillary Clinton. Finally.

Craigslist isn't just for bored intellectuals, college callgirls and trustafarian weirdos looking for an endless supply of chocolate chip cookies. In disturbing news, a woman who answered a Craigslist ad for a nanny disappeared on the date she had an appointment to meet the "familly" and was found slain in her car three days later.

Even more shocking: Despite what the proliferation of Craigslist crazies might suggest, founder Craig Newmark has said this is the first time anything like this has ever happened. [CNN]