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More Pain For Newspapers: Walmart.com Testing Free Classifieds Powered By Oodle - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 02 Jun 2008 11:13 AM PST

Because it can undercut the newspapers, Craigslist has been characterized as the Wal-Mart of classified ads… Well, now Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is looking to be the Wal-Mart of classifieds. Walmart.com…

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Repurchase Or Buy: eBay Releases Details of Its Lawsuit Against Craigslist - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:00 PM PST

eBay (NSDQ: EBAY), which filed a lawsuit against Craigslist earlier this month, has made public the details of the lawsuit (though with some parts censored out), and has more details…

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Craigslist Fires Back: Of Tainted Love & Ulterior Motives - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 22 Apr 2008 10:08 PM PST

Craigslist has fired back in a late night blog post, following eBay’s (NSDQ: EBAY) lawsuit announcement this afternoon: “Coming from a shareholder that viewsCraigslist as a prime competitor, filing suit…

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eBay Finally Loses Cool: Sues Craigslist Over “Stake Dilution” - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 22 Apr 2008 01:39 PM PST

eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) and Craigslist, never the happy brethren, have barely tolerated each other over the years since the former bought a stake in the online classifieds phenom in 2004.…

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Craigslist Poised For $81M Revenues In ‘08; Could Top $100M: Report; Facebooks vs Craigslist - 8 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Apr 2008 08:28 AM PST

Craigslist stands to bring in $81 million in revenue in 2008, according to a report by researcher Classified Intelligence. If that comes true, it would represent a 47 percent gain…

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Craigslist Endows Berkeley ‘New Media’ Chair - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 18 Jan 2008 08:57 AM PST

Now we know how some of the money craigslist is making will be spent ... the listings site is donating $1.6 million to the University of California-Berkeley to endow a…

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