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Apartments.com aids Chicago homeless

Kevin Doyle, SVP, GM Apartments.com presents check to Ed Shurna, exec director, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

An Apartments.com spokesperson just told us that in its hometown of Chicago, Ill. more than 100,000 people were homeless in 2011, and in the US 3.5 million are homeless. So, Apartments.com solicited nationwide participation and greater attention through its  “Raising Awareness. Taking Action: A Campaign to Help End Homelessness” Facebook initiative.

As part of the campaign, Apartments.com promised to donate $1 to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless for every new “LIKE” it received on Facebook  from November 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011.  February 2 Apartments.com SVP and GM Kevin Doyle  presented a check for $15,000 to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.  Continue reading

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 Vendalism, Rumgr: new launch, new funds

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Print fights back in Stuttgart

By Christo Volschenk
On Feb. 4 Stuttgart, Germany’s 8th biggest city, will be a weekly, printed classifieds paper richer, the publisher Zeitungsgruppe Stuttgart, announced today. Apart from local news, the paper will contain sections with auto, jobs and real estate classified ads.

The new paper, called Stuttgarter Wochenende, will appear on Saturdays. Zeitungsgruppe Stuttgart also publishes the daily papers Stuttgarter Nachrichten and Stuttgarter Zeitung and the weekly classifieds paper Stuttgarter Wochenblatt, which appears on Wednesdays.

Read the full announcement (in German) here.

 

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Italian entrepreneurs on being successful on the web

By Alessandra Ritondo
Is it possible to carve a space in a relatively small market, with few big players, most of which are backed by international classified ads giants, such as Schibsted Classified Media Group, Ebay or Rea Group? And more importantly, can one hold on to that space?

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Whatever you do, I can do better

By Christo Volschenk
The race between private accommodation platforms Airbnb and 9Flats must be tough. Judged by the way the two competitors exchange blows. The latest tit-for-tat between the two has to do with advertising – an expensive issue for most start-ups. Continue reading

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ServiceMagic, Match.com do well for IAC Q4

  IAC, which operates more than 50 Internet businesses across 30 countries, just reported impressive quarterly growth in areas that include search, Match.com and ServiceMagic.  Continue reading

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