5 Other Reasons the Boston Globe Faces Closure

[Doug Drown]

One could legitimately make the charge that many of the ads in Craigslist 
aren't very reliable, but I suppose one could say the same about a good many 
newspaper classifieds.

I'm sure the competition is intense.  -Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: "Ron Bello" <rbello@belloassoc.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: 5 Other Reasons the Boston Globe Faces Closure


> <<On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:32:54 -0400, Ron Bello <rbello@belloassoc.com> 
> said:
>
>> IIRC, Craig's List has all of 5 employees nationwide
>
> According to Wikipedia, Craigslist has 28 employees and is a private,
> for-profit venture, although the principals have publicly stated that
> their primary goal is not to maximize profit (which has caused trouble
> with minority shareholder eBay).  They charge for job ads in certain
> cities (including Boston) and apartment-broker ads in New York.
>
> No wonder it's so difficult for newspapers to compete against them!
>
> -GAWollman
>