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What do you mean news/classifieds have next to no digital value? They're a delivery vehicle for ads, just like TV. They just can't be sold as their own thing.
by cactusface 11y ago
What do you mean news/classifieds have next to no digital value? They're a delivery vehicle for ads, just like TV. They just can't be sold as their own thing. Then again, Craigslist makes a good chunk of its money by charging for classifieds:
https://www.craigslist.org/about/help/posting_fees https://www.craigslist.org/about/help/posting_fees
- Zigurd 11y agoThey're not valuable relative to owning a huge printing plant that sits astride the connection between local merchants and local customers. The local major network affiliate broadcast TV channels still have something resembling the monopoly newspapers had.