• Two better classifieds sections

    by Steve Outing

    You might find my latest column for Editor & Publisher Online of interest: “Print Classifieds for the Internet Age.” It’s a look at a new trend among (a still small number of) newspapers to turn their printed classifieds into something completely different by not only redesigning the ad component, but turning the sections into credible [...]

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    Filed in: print classifieds on September 2nd, 2008

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