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hansthehorse
on Dec 15, 2019
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Unbearable news
Back in the day a very significant percentage of revenue came from the classifieds.
DrScump
on Dec 16, 2019
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The San Jose Mercury-News used to be hugely profitable for exactly this reason. They had the biggest classified section of any paper in the country. The Monday edition was maybe 4X as thick as its modern equivalent.
papeda
on Dec 16, 2019
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I have heard this. Does anyone have numbers to back it up?
pixl97
on Dec 16, 2019
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Craigslist killed the newspaper.
lonelappde
on Dec 16, 2019
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Yes, the advertising section.
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