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Did Craigslist Really Kill the Newspaper Industry?
"Did Craigslist drive the downfall of print classifieds?" That's the question asked in a new article from the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies: "I've always wondered about that," Newmark said in a Zoom interview July 1. "I think it had an effect." But portraying him and the list as t...
That's the question asked in a new article from the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies:"I've always wondered about that," Newmark said in a Zoom interview July 1. Bad in itself, the loss also took away newspapers' dominant share of local audiences and ability to charge premium classified ad rates. Dozens of other vertical digital sites cropped up, before and after, all offering a deadly competitive pairing of an effective and much cheaper service than newspaper classifieds.
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