Kijiji

Analysis: Ebay Free Classified Ad Site Kijiji Is Another Huge Blow To Newspapers

Authored by Scott Karp on July 4, 2007 - 2:50am.

Poor newspapers. Their cash cow service, classified ads, is probably about to break a record for facing more competition from free services than any other in the history of paid services. Faceboook recently piled on to the Craigslist disruption of the newspaper classified market with a free classifieds marketplace. Now eBay has launched a free classified site call Kijiji in 220 U.S. cities: