How to turn small ads into big business

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Wed, 07/15/2009 - 09:30

Blamed by some for the demise of print classified advertising, the Craigslist founder is now working on a more open US government

For journalists, Craig Newmark is the meteor that came hurtling to Earth and destroyed their world.

Craigslist, the unassuming site that bears his name, is thought by some to have killed one of the major cash cows of the US newspaper industry – classified advertising.

When he started the site in early 1995, he says: "I...


 

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