The Chicago Reader, for decades one of America’s most respected and profitable alternative weeklies, is for sale again, its troubles attributed to dramatic declines in classified ad revenues. The proximate cause: free ads offered by such competing web outlets as Craigslist. “Once [classified revenues] dried up,” commented Charles Whitaker, a professor at Medill journalism school, “there was just no place else for them to turn.” more…
Tag: Newspaper classifieds
Back in 2007, I wrote a series of posts arguing that “newspapers are screwed.”
The theory was that, as readers and ad spending moved online, newspapers would be unable to replace the revenue they were losing from print advertising. more…
While popularity of internet has gripped the entire country, the scope of the social networking sites has further revolutionized the scenario, especially in case of job search. TEAM COOLAVENUES shares some crucial tips to help you succeed on these community platforms.
Newspaper classifieds are a thing of the past. Today even job sites are facing the heat. So if your address to scout for a job at a senior level is naukri or monster, you are probably at the wrong place. more…
