Curbed SF (Free subscription) | yesterday
Craigslist Czar Jim Buckmaster just released some staggering statistics that, if anything, proved that print advertising is crashing and burning, Kamikaze style. Housing ads are up 85 percent, with rental ads up 120 percent and real estate up 70 percent....
Curbed SF (Free subscription) | yesterday
Craigslist Czar Jim Buckmaster just released some staggering statistics that, if anything, proved that print advertising is crashing and burning, Kamikaze style print classified advertising won't ever recover. Housing ads are up 85 percent, with rental ads up 120 percent...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
American newspapers are getting hammered by evaporating classified ads but not Craigslist ( SAI25 No. 3 ). CEO Jim Buckmaster shared some June numbers to make a newspaper publisher weep: housing ads are up 85% y/y, with rental ads up 120% and real estate up 70%. Still, even as Craigslist takes market share, it is not immune to market conditions. Employment ads are flat in the first six months...
A VC (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... Morgan turned over the keys to the car to Curt Viebranz. Craig Newmark did the same thing with Jim Buckmaster. Reid Hoffman, a hall of fame founder in my book, did the same last year with the hiring of Dan Nye. Our portfolio company Etsy has been going through a similar transition in the past couple weeks. A few months ago, Etsy hired Maria Thomas as their COO. But that gig did not last...
