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BeforeCraigslist is a long-running online classifieds platform offering local listings for jobs, housing, goods, and services. Its classified advertising model significantly disrupted newspaper revenue by drawing advertising away from print publications.
AfterCraigslist began in 1995 as an email list Craig Newmark used to share San Francisco events with friends. It moved to a majordomo list server and then to www.craigslist.org, broadening from events into jobs, items for sale and apartments. Newmark decided at the end of 1997 to keep the site non-commercial and went full-time on it in early 1999. Peer-reviewed research on craigslist's entry into local markets found that newspapers more dependent on classified advertising experienced larger declines in classified-ad rates, together with higher subscription prices, falling circulation and lower …
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