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.
Italian entrepreneurs on being successful on the web
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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?
Whatever you do, I can do better
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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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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
Telstra’s Sensis cuts another 110 jobs
Telstra has cut a further 110 jobs from its Sensis business in Australia, with most effected in the sales division of the much maligned Yellow Pages. This follows similar cuts at the start of 2011. Continue reading
Naspers merges OLX and KalahariAds in SA
By Christo Volschenk
In December last year Cape Town-based media group Naspers merged its free small ads platform KalahariAds.net with OLX.co.za, another free small ads platform owned by the company. All ads listed on KalahariAds were moved to OLX on Dec. 20, 2011, the company said. Continue reading
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