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Jul 14
2010

Craig Newmark at Inman: Craigslist in 70 Cities

Craig’s List Founder Craig Newmark made another of his regular visits to Brad Inman’s stage at Real Estate Connect today, which is taking place in San Francisco. Newmark, who humbly refers to himself as working in customer service, noted that Craig’s List is now in 70 cities and receives over 50 million unique visitors a …continue reading »

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Apr 27
2010

AIM Group Projects Craigslist Revenues at $122 Million

Craigslist has always been murky about revenues, and remains a free site for most categories. It only charges a commercial rate for recruitment, with listings costing just $25 in 17 markets and $75 in San Francisco. Fees for apartment listings (in New York) and “adult and therapeutic services” ads fit into the nominal fee category, …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Verticals

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Mar 30
2010

eBay Rebrands Kijiji as eBay Classifieds (in U.S.)

More than a year after it became apparent that it would do so, eBay has finally killed the Kijiji brand in the U.S., and rebranded its efforts as “eBay Classifieds.” The rebranding, which does not impact more established Kijiji-branded sites in several international markets, is accompanied by a cleaner interface and some new features, including …continue reading »

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Dec 23
2009

Insights into eBay’s Classifieds Strategy via eBay vs. Craigslist

eBay is expected to dramatically boost its efforts in classifieds in 2010, so we welcome clues into its historical and current thinking into classifieds via eBay vs. Craigslist. eBay has been seeking redress from Craigslist, which has diluted its 28 percent ownership share to 24 percent in a bid to squeeze out its influence. Craigslist, …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, Verticals

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Aug 21
2009

Wired: ‘The Tragedy of Craigslist’

The glory of Craigslist is “its size and its price,” notes writer Gary Wolf in a provocative dissection of the site in the September edition of Wired. But “Craigslist is one of the strangest monopolies in history, where customers are locked in by fees set at zero and where the ambiance of neglect is not …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Local Search

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Jul 27
2009

Village Voice Media: Jumpstarting Online Efforts

The conventional wisdom is that alternative weeklies have their best days behind them. But that’s clearly not the position of Village Voice Media, which owns 15 titles reaching about ¼ of the 7.6 million alt weekly readers in the U.S. President and COO Scott Tobias notes that VVM has aggressively moved online in the last …continue reading »

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Jun 10
2009

Potts: Yelp Squeezing Newspapers, like Craigslist Eating Classifieds

Local media consultant Mark Potts writes in his blog that “Yelp is doing the kind of fundamental damage to newspapers’ traditional local entertainment listing and reviewing role that Craigslist did to classifieds.” For Potts, that means more bad news for newspapers. “The last really defensible franchise for newspapers is local news and information, and local …continue reading »

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    Thanks for coming to my personal site. Most of the content on this site is also found on BIA/Kelsey’s Local Media Watch, which includes material from other BIA/Kelsey analysts. I am a Vice President with BIA/Kelsey, and am focused on the Marketplaces research program.

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