We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
“According to one study, Craigslist, where ads are mostly free, saved classified-ad customers $5 billion during 2000-2007. There’s another way of looking at that number, of course—that Craigslist ‘took’ $5 billion in revenue from newspapers. But that analysis makes sense only if you think newspapers had some divine right to collect monopoly rents from their classified customers forever.” —
Tags:
classifieds,
Craig Newmark,
Craigslist,
newspapers
