Classifieds

How to Un-Blind a Blind Job Ad

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.09.2012

Liz Ryan

You know those things -- they're the job ads that say "A growing organization in the northern suburbs seeks a yada yada something or other." The job ad tells you what the employer is looking for, but it doesn't tell you which employer it is.

Wanted: Kidney, In Good Condition

Posted 05.25.2011

WDRB Fox 41 reports that a Kentucky woman placed an ad in a local paper looking to find a kidney donor for her ailing friend. Margot Kirchner wante...

Breaking: eBay classifieds sell hard core porn and more

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Craig Newmark

Hey, check out the details here, but here's the gist: As a practical example of eBay's "advanced filtering" and "family friendly" classifieds, we've...

Creepy Classifieds: The Funniest Ads Newspapers Have Ever Printed (PICTURES)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Craigslist may be the current home to creepy classifieds, but it all started with newspapers. If you could afford 5 bucks a letter (or whatever it was...

The FTC Confuses Newspapers With Journalism as it Seeks New Media Tax

Michael Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Gonzalez

To alleviate the plight of the newspaper industry, the FTC is considering remedies including a proposal to extend the Copyright Act to make facts proprietary, increasing NPR and PBS's funding, and levying a tax on Internet users.

DirectEmployers Association Working To Change Job Search Industry

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of ...

Wal-Mart Launches Web Classifieds to Compete with Craigslist

Slate | Chadwick Matlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Wal-Mart doesn't know it yet, but it may be the savior that local newspapers have been praying for. The big-box retailer launched a new service withou...